Mallrats 2 Will Now Be A Ten-Part TV Series

 

For several years, Kevin Smith has dropped hints about a Mallrats sequel, right up until spring of 2015 when casting fever saw most of the original film cast signing up to reprise their roles but as of today, Mallrats 2 the movie has been scuppered in favor of a TV series.

Currently doing the press rounds for his Nazi sausage movie Yoga Hosers, Smith stopped by Philadelphia’s 93.3 radio station for a segment on Preston and Steve’s morning show. It was during this interview that Smith revealed he and Universal were close to making this TV dream a reality.

He said “It is happening, It’s taking us a longer time to build it, but what we did was reconfigured it. You know, Mallrats is a 20 year old movie, and the idea of sequelizing a 20-year-old movie to some people is like, ‘Why would you bother? It wasn’t successful the first time. What’d you guys make?’ We’re like, ‘Two million?’ ‘Alright, well, I don’t know if the world is screaming out for this.’ However, I went and directed an episode of The Flash, and when I went up there, it was kind of a weird game changer for my career. I felt at home in the medium.”

This marks the second time Smith has turned to the small-screen format to continue one of his own franchises. Clerks had a short-lived run as an animated series which was quickly axed, but has since managed to survive on home video.