Wednesday 6 July 2022 08:12 PM Kevin Smith and his gang return to the Quick Stop to film a movie in first ... trends now
Director Kevin Smith and his gang - including Jason Mewes - return to the Quick Stop convenience store in the first trailer for the final chapter of his Clerks trilogy, which "dropped Wednesday.
In the meta Clerks III preview, Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) suffers a heart attack and vows to stop 'watching the same movies over and over' and finally make a movie about his life.
Fans might recall how the 51-year-old Independent Spirit Award-winning screenwriter suffered a heart attack in 2018, which prompted him to lead a healthier, vegan lifestyle.
'That's how we did it in the nineties, son!' Director Kevin Smith (R) and his gang - including Jason Mewes (L) - return to the Quick Stop convenience store in the first trailer for the final chapter of his Clerks trilogy, which dropped Wednesday
Randal and his co-worker Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) then enlist their slacker friends to help cast his independent movie.
Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Ben Affleck, Daytime Emmy winner Sarah Michelle Gellar, and 14-time Emmy nominee Fred Armisen play actors auditioning by reading Dante's catchphrase: 'I'm not even supposed to be here today!'
There's a quick shot of Rosario Dawson reprising her role as Dante's fiancée Becky Scott from the second film.
Meanwhile, Jason and Kevin are back to their usual hijinks as loitering chainsmokers Jay and Silent Bob, who light up a comically-large joint in the neighboring video rental store, RST Video.
'I'm living on borrowed time': In the meta Clerks III preview, Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) suffers a heart attack and vows to stop 'watching the same movies over and over' and finally make a movie about his life
Inspiration: Fans might recall how the 51-year-old Independent Spirit Award-winning screenwriter suffered a heart attack in 2018, which prompted him to lead a healthier, vegan lifestyle
Movie within a movie: Randal and his co-worker Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) then enlist their slacker friends to help cast his independent movie
'Jay and Silent Bob are like C-3PO and R2-D2,' Randal described.
'They've been here since the first movie which is the last time they were cool, but they've been with the franchise so long,
