In 1994, director Kevin Smith came onto the scene with his first film Clerks, about a day in the lives of two convenience store employees, Dante Hicks (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson). Based on his own life and experiences working at that very same store, Clerks set the stage for Smith by introducing audiences to the director’s brand of humor and characters that would appear later in his works.

And soon his career will come full circle, as Clerks 3 is scheduled to begin shooting this summer in Philadelphia. It’s been a long road to get here, including a major setback when The Weinstein Company passed on the threequel. But now with funding secured thanks to Smith’s latest film Tusk, fans can expect to see Dante and Randal, and Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith), back on their screens very soon.

In the meantime …

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