Kevin Smith’s latest horror film Tusk may have not been a smash at the box office or with critics, but it did make a decent chunk of change. The money from the film has convinced some investors for Smith to proceed with a third Clerks movie. Of course, Smith still has his own little horror trilogy of sorts he has planned with Tusk being his first and his next being Yoga Hosers. But Smith mentioned in a recent podcast that the Clerks trilogy is finally going to happen:
Tusk was the absolute bridge to Clerks III. Because of Tusk I got my financing for Clerks III. A year and change ago I was desperately trying to get Clerks III made for the 20th anniversary and that desperation — I must have reeked of it because I couldn’t f–king find money and shit. But it was Tusk, people going ‘Holy f–k, what else do you have?’ and I was like Clerks III and they’re like ‘Done.’ So, everybody that’s like, ‘He failed, he failed,’ I’m like ‘Thank you, I failed into Clerks III.’
Given Smith’s full plate of other films he wants to make, chances are we won’t be seeing this film for awhile, possibly 2017 at the earliest.
Source: smodcast