Sequel Bits: ‘Clerks III’, ‘Trainspotting 2’, ‘Despicable Me 2’, ‘Cloudy 2’, ‘The Smurfs 2’, ‘Star Trek’
In case you were wondering, yes,Kevin Smithis still pretty sureClerks IIIwill be his best film ever. It’s not clear whetherRosario Dawsontotally agrees with that sentiment, but apparently she wants in too. Also after the jump:
It’s been a fing blast — just such a good time. The Elias/Randal stuff is fantastic. I’m very very proud of it. I talked about, you know, when I threw out the photo of the cover. I said, ‘This is going to be my best film ever,’ and some people were like, ‘I bet you’re fing sorry you said that.’ I’m like, ‘No.’ I know the script, and again, so it’s like, even if you don’t agree, I said it, so I feel it, dick. […] Having read it as I write it, I think it will be the best ‘cause it really just encapsulates everything. There is a little piece of every movie I’ve ever made in this movie, and there’s, like, tie-ins and crossovers and nothing egregious — like, ‘Oh, there’s Chasing Amy’s Jason Lee,’ or something like that.
Smith confirmed in a recentReddit AMAsession that he was on page 95 of the screenplay, “about 25 pages” away from the end. “Dante. Randal. Jay. Silent Bob. They all return, naturally. Elias. Becky. They’re back as well. So is Veronica,” he wrote.
Casting hasn’t officially begun just yet, but when it does,Rosario Dawson(who played Becky inClerks II) will be waiting by the phone.
He has not called me yet; I might start harassing him soon. I’ve already put it out there on Twitter-land because he Facebooked a photo of the script’s title page. I love him like crazy, I love “Clerks” and I want to see Becky’s baby and see what happens next. So put in a good word for me.
Clerks IIIwill likely hit in 2014 or so. [The Playlist,Buzzfeed]Danny Boyledefinitelywon’t directBond 24, but he does have another high-profile sequel in the works. The Brit filmmaker recentlyspoke, againabout his plans to direct a sequel toTrainspotting, which will be loosely based onIrvine Welsh’s follow-up novelPorno.
The idea is to get the original cast back on board, but Boyle acknowledged that he hadn’t reached out to the stars yet. “We’ll approach all the actors at the same time, in the same way. Because that was the way we did the original, and we’ll try to do that as well with this.“Trainspotting 2(orPorno, or whatever the title winds up being), aims to shoot in 2016. [THR]
Being a supervillain surely has its advantages, but apparently it doesn’t do much to help with little kids’ awkward questions. In a new clip fromDespicable Me 2, Agnes (voiced byElsie Fisher) chats with Gru (voiced bySteve Carell) about the differences between boys and girls.
Gru’s skills will probably prove much more handy in his battle against his nemesis, Eduardo (voiced byAl Pacino). We got a blurry first glimpse of the character last week, but this new image ofDespicable Me 2tie-in toys offers a slightly better look.
Despicable Me 2hitsJuly 3. [viaBleeding Cool]
ToughTerry Crewsgets to flex his comedy muscles in a new featurette forCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. Donning a red silk robe, Crews presents some new footage, including peeks at the fluttery “Mosquitoast” and the elusive “Sasquash.”
Crews plays cop Earl Devereaux in the film, replacing Mr. T.Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2landsSeptember 27. [viaMovieWeb]
By all accounts, it’s best to go intoBefore Midnightwith as little knowledge as possible about the plot. In that light, this new international poster for the movie is just about perfect. It shows nothing more than Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke), looking older and wiser than we last left them.
Before Midnightrolls into cinemasMay 24. [viaMovieWeb]
On a rather less exciting note, we also have a new poster for Global Smurfs Day onJune 22, 2013. What is Global Smurfs Day, you ask? It’s Sony’s attempt to marketThe Smurfs 2by encouraging fans around the world to dress up as the little blue creatures and set Guinness records for the “Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Smurfs Within a 24-hour Period — Multiple Venue.”
The Smurfs 2hits about one month later, onJuly 31. [viaIMP Awards]
Among the many familiar faces featured inStar Trek Into Darknesswill be Keenser, Scotty’s little alien buddy. A behind-the-scenes still fromEmpireoffers our first look at the character (played byDeep Roy) in the sequel. In addition, the magazine has revealed another new still, this time of Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana).
[viaTrek Movie]
The Star Trek franchise has tons of devout fans, but in an interview withEsquire, starChris Pinerevealed that he wasn’t one of them — at first.
I wasn’t a fan of Star Trek. It didn’t excite me. All I wanted at that time was a part that I really connected to and when my agent said, ‘Star Trek,’ I said, ‘No! Have you not been hearing anything I’ve said? Star Trek is the furthest thing from what I want to do.’ Star Trek scared me a lot. It terrified me, really. Because of the scale, the responsibility, the fact that it was this iconic character. It was the bigger challenge. So I had to take it.
Fortunately for Trekkies everywhere, so far he seems more than up to that challenge. [viaTrek Movie]
Now let’s close out this Sequel Bits with a bit of end credits music, courtesy ofMichael Giacchino. TheStar Trek Into Darknesscomposertweeteda few snippets of his score today.
Hear the rest of that score whenStar Trek Into DarknesslandsMay 17. [viaTrek Movie]
