Editorial Staff
On his podcast this week, Kevin Smith announced that his third “Clerks” movie – which the brass wouldn’t hand over the cash for – has been financed. Smith credits his latest flick, “Tusk” for helping get “Clerks III” off the ground.
‘Tusk’ was the absolute bridge to ‘Clerks III’. Because of ‘Tusk,’ I got my financing for ‘Clerks III’. A year and change ago I was desperately trying to get ‘Clerks III’ made for the 20th anniversary.
I must have reeked of [desperation], because I couldn’t f–ing find money and s–t. But it was ‘Tusk,’ with people going ‘Holy f–k, what else do you have?’ I was like, ‘Clerks III!’ and they’re like. ‘Done!’ Everybody that’s like, ‘He failed, he failed!’ I’m like, ‘Thank you, I failed into Clerks III!’
Smith will likely shoot “Yoga Hosers”, described as a thematic sequel to “Tusk”, before reuniting Dante and Randall.
