Kevin Smith is doing Clerks 2

[Nomad559]

http://newsaskew.com/

Kevin Smith is doing Clerks 2 to get away from famous movie stars, including his pal Ben Affleck, who co-starred in his last movie Jersey Girl. It is also one of the reasons he walked away from a planned big-screen version of The Green Hornet, Smith tells the Sun.

Says Smith: "The cynical take on it is: 'Well, Jersey Girl didn't work so he's going back to the well.' And those people are not exactly wrong. It's just that they're missing the target but hitting the tree.

"Jersey Girl didn't work (it bombed at the box office after the latest twist in the Bennifer fuss hit the headlines) but it's not why I'm going back to Clerks. Coming off Jersey Girl, it's just that I don't want to work with famous people for a while. I don't like having a movie that is kind of at the mercy of the people that you've cast.

"Jersey Girl, I don't think it's the rule but it's not quite the exception. It was tough to watch that movie getting brought down by somebody's relationship, something that I have no (control) over. So Jersey Girl did have an influence on me doing Clerks 2 but it wasn't the obvious."

http://jam.canoe.ca/Video/2005/09/28/1238340.html

[DS1]

1. If Jersey Girl wasn't just like every other movie in the genre

it might have been a success. It was no surprise it was doomed.

Jay and Silent Bob are worn out. I loved Clerks, but then again, I've worked as BOTH a video store clerk AND a convenience store clerk in New Jersey - so it really talked to me.

[KyndCulture]

2. I'm a huge Kevin Smith fan...

but it worries me that he's doing this sequel.. the potential for mad suckitude is great!