66-589: Clerks II is a 2006 American black comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith , the sequel to his 1994 film Clerks , and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse . The film stars Brian O'Halloran , Jeff Anderson , Rosario Dawson , Trevor Fehrman , Jennifer Schwalbach Smith , Jason Mewes , and Smith, and picks up with the original characters from Clerks : Dante Hicks , Randal Graves and Jay and Silent Bob ten years after
132-477: A "headache" the film was to make, mostly owing to Jason Mewes 's drug and alcohol abuse turning him into a "ticking time bomb", which threatened to shut the project down at any moment. During pre-production, Mewes would have constant mood swings due to heroin withdrawal, to the point that Smith actually threw him out of his car on their way to the set one day. Mewes would compensate for his lack of drugs by drinking heavily after every day of shooting and nearly got into
198-493: A $ 5 million budget. A third film was released in 2022. Ten years after the events of the first film , Dante Hicks arrives at the Quick Stop convenience store for another day of work, only to find, upon opening the security shutters, that the store is on fire. Randal Graves , Dante's best friend, had left the coffee pot on after closing the night before. Because Quick Stop and the adjacent RST Video have been destroyed in
264-464: A Star Wars-esque battle. Willenholly, armed with a shotgun, arrives to capture the pair, but Justice protects them, admitting the CLIT organization was only a diversion. The other thieves arrive and a climactic gun fight ensues. Jay and Silent Bob locate Banky and demand that he shut down production of the movie. Banky refuses on account of both the large sum of money Miramax offered him for the film and that
330-723: A contest was held in which the first 10,000 MySpace users who added Clerks II as a friend would have their name in the theatrical and DVD end credits; the list follows the View Askew and Weinstein Company logos. The names are not present in the credits on the Region 2 DVD. The Mooby's restaurant was a shut-down Burger King at 8572 Stanton Ave in Buena Park, California (near Knott's Berry Farm ), that has since been demolished. The final days of principal photography were filmed at
396-557: A fist fight with producer Scott Mosier when he had to come back one night for a re-shoot while drunk. When filming wrapped, Smith told Mewes point-blank to get sober or he would never speak to him again. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back grossed $ 30.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 3.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 33.8 million, against a production budget of $ 22 million. The film grossed $ 11 million in its opening weekend, finishing third at
462-438: A heated argument with Randal, angry with him for ruining his life and expresses his eagerness to start a new life without him, while Randal becomes indignant and condemns Dante for his willingness to live his life under the standards of others and for abandoning their friendship, revealing how upset he is that Dante is moving away. The two then finally realize how much they care about their friendship. Randal proposes that they buy
528-426: A live interview on Opie and Anthony ; Siegel apologized for cursing and causing a scene, and told Smith that he thinks he is a "fine filmmaker," while still defending his decision to walk out. British presenter and film critic Jonathan Ross has been largely critical of the film, saying he disliked it even more than the first film; he expressed distaste that the film was voted by viewers of his Film 2006 show into
594-513: A part of their "Dimension Collector's Series", presented in its original 2.39:1 widescreen aspect ratio. Among the bonus features on the DVD is an audio commentary by Smith, Mosier, and Mewes, 42 deleted, extended, and alternate scenes, music videos for Stroke 9 's " Kick Some Ass " and Afroman 's " Because I Got High ", storyboards, a gag reel, a behind the scenes special, still galleries, cast and crew filmographies, and TV spots. A Blu-ray version of
660-417: A result of a one-night stand they had at work a few weeks prior. Becky tells Dante not to tell anyone about the baby. However, he tells Randal but threatens to beat Randal up should he tell anyone. Becky finds out and, furious at Dante for telling Randal, drives off. Randal encourages Dante to leave Mooby's in search of Becky, so he can set up a surprise going away party for him. Randal hires "Kinky Kelly and
726-527: A ride and arrive in Hollywood, and eventually, the Miramax lot. Chased by a team of security guards through the lot and several movie sets, including Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season , and reclaiming Suzanne from the set of Scream 4 , Jay and Silent Bob end up in the dressing room of Jason Biggs and James Van Der Beek , the actors playing Bluntman and Chronic respectively in the film. Suzanne beats up
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#1732790826865792-473: A second disc. After the conclusion of the high definition optical disc format war in February 2008, Clerks II was released on Blu-ray Disc on February 3, 2009 with two additional special features. On February 9, 2017, Smith revealed on Facebook that although a script had been completed, Clerks III had been cancelled as "one of the four leads opted out of the flick". He later revealed that Jeff Anderson
858-542: A shorter sentence and dropping the charges on Jay and Silent Bob. The duo spend their royalty money locating everyone who mocked them, their characters, and the movie on the internet, including children and members of the clergy, and travel to assault them. The scene cuts to the El Rey theater where a bunch of people exit, including Dante, Randal, Banky, Steve-Dave Pulski, Walt "The Fanboy" Grover, Willam Black, Hooper LaMonte, and sisters Alyssa and Tricia Jones, having just watched
924-436: Is "The Sexy Stud". When Becky returns, she admits that she too loves Dante. As they kiss, Emma arrives with a cake she made for Dante. She throws her engagement ring at Becky, dumps the cake over Dante's head, knees him in the crotch, and storms off in tears. The fire and police departments arrive and Dante, Randal, Elias, Jay, Silent Bob, and The Sexy Stud are arrested as a result of the show. In their jail cell, Dante gets into
990-399: Is a patsy , who will free animals from a laboratory as a diversion while the girls rob a diamond depository. Jay throws Brent out of their van to get closer to Justice, to whom he is attracted to. Justice is fond of the pair, but reluctantly accepts them as new patsies. While the girls steal the diamonds, Jay and Silent Bob free the animals, stealing an orangutan named Suzanne. They escape as
1056-738: Is a 2001 American satirical stoner buddy comedy film written, co-edited, and directed by Kevin Smith and produced and co-edited by Scott Mosier . The film is the fifth set in the View Askewniverse , a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of Smith's cult-favorite Clerks . It stars Jason Mewes and Smith respectively as the two eponymous characters . The film also stars Shannon Elizabeth , Jason Lee , Ben Affleck , Matt Damon , Will Ferrell , Eliza Dushku , Ali Larter , and Chris Rock , among many others, most of which make cameo appearances . The title and logo for Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back are direct references to The Empire Strikes Back . Originally intended to be
1122-672: Is its fidelity to the original Clerks ethic of hanging out, talking trash and refusing all worldly ambition. If anything, the sequel is more defiant in its disdain for the rat race, elevating the white-guy-doing-nothing prerogative from a lifestyle choice to a moral principle. Justin Chang's review at Variety called it a "softer, flabbier and considerably higher-budgeted follow-up to Kevin Smith's 1994 indie sensation that nevertheless packs enough riotous exchanges and pungent sexual obscenities to make its 97 minutes pass by with ease." At an advance screening for critics, Joel Siegel walked out of
1188-490: Is uncertain, prompting Randal to emotionally confess his fear of losing Dante. Moved by Randal's confession, Dante agrees to the proposition. Shortly after, the group is released off-screen without being charged since (as the Sexy Stud had assured them) you can't be imprisoned for watching an inter-species sex act. Soon afterwards, Dante, having embraced fatherhood, proposes to Becky at Mooby's, who happily accepts. After both
1254-560: The Bluntman and Chronic movie, to poor reception. Jay and Silent Bob, accompanied by Justice and Willenholly (now an FBI agent), go across the street to enjoy the after party, featuring a performance from Morris Day and The Time . After the credits, God ( Dogma ) closes the View Askewniverse book. Additionally, Wes Craven , Jules Asner , Steve Kmetko , Gus Van Sant , Jason Biggs , James Van Der Beek , Shannen Doherty , and Morris Day all appear as themselves. The film's plot
1320-504: The Matthew Shepard Foundation , as well as to include a reference to GLAAD's cause in the ending credits. Roger Ebert responded to this controversy, writing: "GLAAD should give audiences credit for enough intelligence to know the difference between satire and bigotry." On the bonus DVD, Smith explains in the on-camera intros of the deleted scenes that several scenes had to be cut from the theatrical release, due to
1386-461: The "Passion" title. The film was shot from September to November 2005. It was originally scheduled for a 2005 release, and then a January 2006 release, but the production was pushed back due to other projects and Kevin Smith's involvement in the romantic comedy Catch and Release . Smith released production diaries on the Clerks II website (see links below). They chronicle the entire making of
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#17327908268651452-403: The 1994 original a cult hit." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. In a review for The New York Times , A. O. Scott wrote that: What makes Clerks II both winning and (somewhat unexpectedly) moving
1518-401: The DVD commentary, Kevin Smith originally wanted to cast his wife Jennifer Schwalbach Smith as Becky. Executive producer Harvey Weinstein objected, however, wanting a known actress to play the role for marketing reasons. Other actresses that Smith had met with were Sarah Silverman and Bryce Dallas Howard who both declined. Smith recalls having lunch with Howard who said she was interested in
1584-502: The Liberation of Itinerant Tree-Dwellers . Willenholly declares the crime an act of terrorism and calls for backup to hunt "the two most dangerous men on the planet." He finds Jay and Silent Bob at a diner near Vasquez Rocks , and chases them into the sewer system of a nearby dam. Suzanne helps the duo in losing Willenholly by luring him off the dam, but is subsequently abducted by a Hollywood animal acting agency. The duo then hitch
1650-471: The Quick Stop and RST Video are rebuilt, Dante and Randal hire Elias to work at RST Video. In the very last scene, with the stores open, Dante tells Randal, both having finally taken control of their lives, "Can you feel it? Today is the first day of the rest of our lives." The color then evaporates from the film and the camera pulls back to reveal the milk maid from the first movie still going through all
1716-598: The Quick Stop and RST Video store in Leonardo, New Jersey , with some exceptions, the most notable being the go-kart scene, which was shot at Speedzone in Industry, California . The opening sequence where Randal and Dante are driving to work is a montage of Route 35, mostly in Middletown, New Jersey. Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, and Kevin Smith all reprised their roles from the first film. According to
1782-452: The Quick Stop and re-open it themselves, although Dante says that neither have the money to do it. Jay and Silent Bob offer to lend them the money (from the royalty money they collected from the Bluntman and Chronic movie in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ) provided that they can hang out outside of the store anytime they want without the police being called. Randal accepts their offer, but Dante
1848-401: The Sexy Stud," a donkey show act, complete with a fog machine, for the party. When Dante returns, he mistakes the fog for fire and calls the fire department, but upon discovering that it's not a fire, proceeds to watch with Randal, Jay, Silent Bob, and a very drunk/stoned Elias. The group discovers that "Kinky Kelly" is, in fact, the donkey, while the man, whom Randal thought to be the pimp ,
1914-494: The actors, knocking them out, and Jay and Silent Bob assume the roles while Van Der Beek and Biggs are arrested after getting mistaken for the duo. Meeting the film's anti-white director Chaka Luther King, who mistakes them for Biggs and Van Der Beek's stunt doubles, Jay and Silent Bob are then escorted onto the set and forced to fight Mark Hamill , playing the supervillain of the film Cocknocker (a combination of Hamill's roles as The Joker , The Trickster , and Luke Skywalker ) in
1980-493: The beginning—a return to the cradle of civilization in the great state of #newjersey. It'll be a movie that stars Jeff and @briancohalloran, with me and Jay in supporting roles. And it'll be a movie called CLERKS III! Principal photography began on August 2, 2021 in Red Bank, New Jersey . Filming wrapped on August 31, 2021. The film was released on September 13, 2022 in the United States by Lionsgate (whose film studio acquired
2046-522: The box office behind two other comedy sequels, American Pie 2 ($ 12.5 million) and Rush Hour 2 ($ 11.6 million). On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back has an approval rating of 52% based on 151 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Fans can expect a good laugh as the cast from Smith's previous films reunite for Jay and Silent Bob's last bow. The loose plotting and crude language may be too much for others though." On Metacritic
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2178-427: The duo continue to sell them and perform their typical antics in the parking lot. Dante tells Becky that he is worried about dancing at his wedding, so she takes him up to the restaurant's roof to teach him some moves. Dante soon releases his inhibitions and begins dancing to The Jackson 5 's ABC . When the song ends, Dante, caught up in the moment, confesses his love for Becky, and she reveals that she's pregnant as
2244-467: The events of the first film. Unlike the first film, which was shot in black and white, this film was shot mostly in color. The film screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival before receiving a theatrical release on July 21, 2006 to critical and commercial success, grossing $ 27 million worldwide from
2310-399: The farthest possible exit, thereby making sure everyone noticed his departure. On his blog , Smith criticized Siegel for unprofessional conduct. Cinegeek wrote a profanity-laced tirade in which Stephen and Suzie Lackey referred to the critic performing sexual acts on director M. Night Shyamalan in regard to his praise for The Village before having seen it. Smith later confronted Siegel in
2376-452: The film "[may]be the greatest picture ever made for 14-year-old boys. Mr. Smith may have hit his target, but he aimed very low." In August 2001, Mike Schulz of River Cities' Reader wrote that, "for sheer laughs, both mindless and incredibly smart, nothing since 1997's Waiting for Guffman has even compared." Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was released on VHS and on a two-disc DVD set on February 26, 2002, by Dimension Home Video as
2442-415: The film 3/5 stars, writing that "[w]hen it's good it's very, very good, but when it's bad it's offensive", and noting that "the gag hit/miss ratio is really only about 50/50". Scott Tobias of The A.V. Club wrote that "[e]ven at a slim 95 minutes, Jay And Silent Bob lets initially funny scenes trail off into long-winded monologues and silly digressions", and Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times called
2508-405: The film and was impressed enough to give him a part. In keeping with Smith's tradition of casting actors that he has previously worked with, both Jason Lee and Ben Affleck had parts in the film. Lee played Lance Dowds and Affleck played a random Mooby's customer. After finding no one else who could pull off being the Sexy Stud, Smith turned to crew member Zak Knutson to fill the role. The film
2574-482: The film approximately 40 minutes in, during a scene in which the characters attempt to procure a donkey for sexual purposes. Smith claimed on his website that Siegel "bellowed" the phrase "Time to go! This is the first movie I've walked out on in thirty fucking years!" TV Guide film critic Maitland McDonagh , who said she was sitting next to Siegel, largely confirms Smith's account but insists that Siegel did not curse or "bellow." However, she reports that he left from
2640-504: The film but ultimately passed in order to do Lady in the Water . Silverman said she didn't want to play the Becky character as she had been cast as girlfriends in numerous other productions and feared type-casting, but loved the script and would have been more than willing to play the part of Randal Graves. Rachel Weisz was another name the studio considered, but Smith figured she would turn
2706-399: The film from the first rehearsals all the way through to the final release. Some of these web diaries are also available on the two-disc DVD of the film. Smith released a Web-only teaser trailer on the Clerks II website on January 9, 2006, and a web-only trailer on April 2, 2006. Smith also released several shorts featuring action figures from his previous films to promote the film. Before
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2772-479: The film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars, writing that "[w]hether you will like 'Jay and Silent Bob' depends on who you are ... Kevin Smith's movies are either made specifically for you, or specifically not made for you". Adam Smith of Empire gave
2838-553: The film initially receiving an NC-17 rating from the MPAA . He also mentions in the audio commentary of the feature film that it took three submissions to the MPAA for the film to finally earn an R rating. ^ According to Ethan Alter of Film Journal International , Smith did not intend to make another View Askewniverse film upon completion of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , but only decided to do so several years later, following
2904-488: The film was released on September 19, 2006, with all features carried over from the DVD. As for 2020, the film's home media distribution has been handled by Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment following Paramount Global 's purchase of 49% of Miramax (which includes Dimension Films' pre-2006 film and television catalog). Music from the Dimension Motion Picture: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ,
2970-408: The film, but Holden explains he sold his half of the rights to co-creator and artist Banky Edwards. Seeing the film's negative reception online, the pair set out for Hollywood to prevent the film from ruining their image, or at least to receive the royalties owed to them. En route, they befriend an animal liberation group: Justice, Sissy, Missy, Chrissy, and Brent. The organization is a front; Brent
3036-417: The film, was released on August 22, 2006 by Bulletproof Records. It includes songs from the film, which are of various artists and genres, as well as many soundclips of dialog from the film. One notable exception is that The Smashing Pumpkins ' " 1979 ", which was featured in the film, is not included. It has been replaced by All Too Much's "Think Fast", which was not featured in the film. The Clerks II DVD
3102-794: The fire, Dante and Randal begin working at a Mooby's fast food restaurant along with devout Christian teenager Elias Grover and their manager Becky Scott . A year later, Dante is planning to leave his minimum wage lifestyle and move to Florida with his wealthy but overbearing fiancée Emma Bunting, whose parents will provide them with a home and a car wash business to run as wedding gifts. Afraid of losing his best friend, Randal becomes resentful towards Dante and Emma's relationship. Jay and Silent Bob have followed Dante and Randal, and now loiter outside of Mooby's. Although they no longer use drugs (after being arrested for possession, sent to rehab , and supposedly becoming devout Born again Christians ),
3168-518: The gallons. In 1999, the original title was slated to be Clerks 2: Hardly Clerkin ' (cf. Jerry Lewis 's Hardly Working ), as seen in the credits of Dogma . Smith later modified the title to The Passion of the Clerks , lampooning the title of Mel Gibson 's The Passion of the Christ . According to the DVD documentary, the title was changed to simply Clerks II , due to negative reaction to
3234-490: The internet will continue to troll them regardless. Silent Bob then informs Banky that he violated their original likeness rights contract by selling the film rights of Bluntman and Chronic to Miramax without their permission, and therefore could face legal trouble if he doesn't give them their legally entitled royalties. Banky finally relents and agrees to give the duo half of his payment for the film. Justice then turns herself and her former team in to Willenholly in exchange for
3300-479: The last film set in the Askewniverse, or to feature Jay and Silent Bob, Strike Back features many characters from the previous Askew films, some in dual roles and/or reprising roles from the previous four entries . The film received mixed reviews from critics. Smith announced in February 2017 that he was writing a sequel called Jay and Silent Bob Reboot and started filming in February 2019 and
3366-569: The little girl Dante waves to in the window of a restaurant and his mother Grace as the Milk Maid, reprising her role from the first film. Walt Flanagan makes a cameo appearance as a customer who asks for a "pack of cigarettes" (after the film changes from color to black and white), in a nod to the first film as well. The character of Elias was played by Trevor Fehrman who had previously worked in Anderson's film Now You Know . Smith saw him in
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#17327908268653432-529: The police arrive and the van explodes, believing the girls have perished. Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly (whose name is taken from Land of the Lost characters ) arrives at the crime scene; oblivious to the diamond heist, he claims jurisdiction due to the escaped animals, all of which have been recovered but Suzanne. The police find footage of a video Sissy made of Jay claiming to be "the clit commander", with "Clit" edited to be an acronym for Coalition for
3498-436: The release of the film, Smith had mentioned releasing an MP3 file commentary to be downloaded and listened to in movie theaters via iPod . Ultimately, theater owners and exhibitors objected, and the plan was scrapped. The abandoned commentary, featuring Smith, Scott Mosier and Jeff Anderson, is included on the DVD. The bookend Quick Stop scenes are in black and white (to simulate the original visual style of Clerks ), while
3564-423: The rest of the film is in color. Smith has said that much of the film's color was desaturated almost to the point where the film had a similar texture to the first film. The contrast in color saturation used can be seen in the " ABC " sequence in which a more vibrant and saturated color temperature is used to give a warm and sunny look that adds to the playful nature of the piece. On the film's MySpace account,
3630-429: The role down and never offered her the part. Ellen Pompeo expressed an interest but could not commit due to scheduling difficulties with Grey's Anatomy . Finally, the role was offered to Rosario Dawson who loved the script. She later said that reading the "donkey show" scene sealed the deal for her. Schwalbach Smith was given the secondary female role of Emma Bunting. Smith also cast his daughter Harley Quinn Smith as
3696-401: The soundtrack to the film, was released on August 14, 2001, by Universal Records . Varèse Sarabande released the original score by James L. Venable. It alternates film dialogue with songs of various genres that appear in the film. It features the 2001 Afroman hit, " Because I Got High ", whose music video featured the characters Jay and Silent Bob. "Tube Of Wonderful" was previously used as
3762-519: The strip mall where they work after Jay and Silent Bob tell a pair of teenagers that they were married in a Star Wars -themed wedding. Not allowed within 100 feet of the strip mall for at least a year, Jay and Silent Bob visit Brodie Bruce at his comic shop where they learn that Miramax Films is adapting Bluntman and Chronic , the comic book based on their likenesses. The pair visit Holden McNeil , co-creator and co-writer of Bluntman and Chronic , and demand that he give them their royalty money from
3828-415: The term "gay" to mean something derogatory. The scenes deemed particularly offensive included Jay's vehement refusal of giving oral sex to a male driver when hitchhiking, and Jay chastising Silent Bob for being willing to perform fellatio on him to get the security guard to let them go. Following an advance screening of the film, former GLAAD media director Scott Seomin asked Smith to make a $ 10,000 donation to
3894-597: The theme song from Smith's 1997 film Chasing Amy . Other songs that featured in the film but weren't included on the soundtrack album include " Life's Been Good " by Joe Walsh , " Too Much Heaven " by The Bee Gees , and Jason Mewes' cover of " Fuck tha Police " by Ice Cube . In August 2001, three weeks prior to release, the film came under fire from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), for an alleged "overwhelmingly homophobic tone", which included an abundance of gay jokes and characters excessively using
3960-486: The top ten of the year, in which it ranked sixth. It made other Best of 2006 lists, including being named movie of the year by MTV India , being voted the third-funniest film of 2006 by IMDb users and the ninth-best reviewed comedy by Rotten Tomatoes. The film received an eight-minute standing ovation at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival . Music from the Motion Picture Clerks II , the soundtrack to
4026-409: Was $ 24.1 million domestically, plus an additional $ 2.8 million from other territories foreign, against its production budget of $ 5 million. Clerks II holds a 63% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , based on 166 reviews with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critical consensus reads, " Clerks II dishes up much of the graphic humor and some of the insight that made
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#17327908268654092-651: Was heavily inspired by Chasing Dogma , a comic book miniseries that Smith wrote in 1998 and 1999 to explore events that happened in the Askewniverse between Chasing Amy and Dogma . The film was originally titled View Askew 5 and the title was changed to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back . Filming began on January 14, 2001, and ended on April 19, 2001. Filming took in place in New Jersey, and mostly in California. On his podcast Jay & Silent Bob Get Old , Kevin Smith explained at length about how much of
4158-443: Was originally planned to be released without an MPAA film rating , in order to avoid receiving an NC-17. Smith claimed "If we put it in front of the ratings board they'd be like, 'You're insane. We have to create a new rating for that.'" However, he later submitted it, and it received an R rating without any edits. The film opened in 2,150 theaters and grossed $ 10.1 million domestically in its first weekend. The film's theatrical gross
4224-431: Was released on November 28, 2006. The Hollywood Reporter reported that the film opened to #4 in terms of rental and DVD sales, and made approximately $ 6 million in rentals, or a quarter of the total box office gross of $ 24.2 million. Clerks II was released on HD DVD on January 16, 2007. The release featured the film in 1080p high definition on one disc and the same extras as the DVD, also presented in 1080p, on
4290-465: Was released on October 15 that same year. From February to June 2019, Smith additionally re-adapted the plot of the film to the character of Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl in the relaunched Image comic book series , titled Hit-Girl: The Golden Rage of Hollywood , with Dave Lizewski filling the role of Banky Edwards . Dante Hicks and Randal Graves get a restraining order against Jay and Silent Bob , finally fed up with their drug dealing outside
4356-417: Was the one who opted out. On October 1, 2019, Smith announced on Instagram that Clerks III was happening and that Anderson agreed to reprise his role as Randal. It'll be a movie that concludes a saga. It'll be a movie about how you're never too old to completely change your life. It'll be a movie about how a decades-spanning friendship finally confronts the future. It'll be a movie that brings us back to
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