It is a very busy time for Kevin Smith. Earlier this month, the filmmaker launched his long-delayed, NFT-exclusive horror anthology movie, Killroy Was Right here, and it is solely a matter of months earlier than his subsequent film, Clerks III, debuts in theaters. With the completion of the latter, Smith is (presumably) set to conclude the decades-spanning View Askewniverse, which began again in 1994 together with his first function movie, Clerks.

Now that the lengthy, once-uncertain future of the unlikely movie franchise will wrap up together with his newest sequel, the long run is trying open. What is going to Smith pursue subsequent? Will he follow comedy? Return to horror? Or is he going to do one thing fully totally different altogether? It is laborious to say for certain, however we could have a greater concept of what is in retailer for Smith via the filmmaker’s personal social media, which revealed that he has accomplished his newest screenplay, although he remained very imprecise about what that script would possibly entail.

As Smith posted on Twitter over this previous weekend, he has written a very new script, which he claims he “would possibly get to direct” sometime. Definitely, whereas Smith is a longtime model in and of himself, he has written a number of scripts that did not finally get previous the web page, together with earlier variations of Clerks III. So the director does not need to presume that this new film will come to move. But when it does although, Smith notes that “some complete strangers will find it irresistible,” all “whereas some complete strangers will hate it.” From there, the screenwriter wrapped up this quite coy handle by claiming that, ought to this film be made, it’s going to function “a blueprint for what” his “potential future would possibly appear like.” And with that, Smith let his followers know that “the journey begins once more …,” whereas additionally giving us a quick style of what he wrote with this primary draft.

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Whereas the title has been minimize off, we see from the primary web page that this screenplay opens on the morning of Might 24th, 1986, in a “little Central New Jersey seaside borough,” one which is not “populated sufficient to be thought of a city.” The radio is blasting as we’re proven a modest “bungalow mannequin home,” the place an unseen caller is ringing up a rotary wall cellphone and twisting the wire related to the receiver sufficient to show the tip of his finger purple. What occurs from that time ahead stays a thriller, although one can actually see how this opening scene could be very harking back to Smith’s upbringing in Highlands, New Jersey.

The author-director hasn’t been shy about his modest upbringing and his working-class homelife. Whereas it’s method too early to invest, this screenplay could possibly be tied to Smith’s personal teenage years, or it is potential that this ’80s setting, whereas tied to his personal previous, is only a springboard for an additional, much more, formidable mission. Notably as Stranger Issues and IT have made the time interval a well-liked period to discover. That is all speculative, after all, however it will be fascinating if Smith’s “blueprint” for his latest journey and his future was one other probability for him to look again on his previous and discover his humble roots.

Definitely, because the trailer showcased, Clerks III is predicted to be Smith’s most meta film up to now, notably because it pertains to Randal Graves affected by a near-fatal coronary heart assault, as Smith lately did, and utilizing it as a possibility to make a film about his days on the comfort retailer, as Smith did as soon as earlier than. It’s a frequent tactic for Smith to funnel occasions from his much-discussed life into his artwork, and whereas he is on the verge of doing one thing totally different, possibly this latest mission is about to comply with an identical line of pondering.

Finally, we’ll have to attend and see. However one factor is for sure: if this mysterious new movie is about to be, we’ll undoubtedly hear about it from the person himself. As proven right here, Smith is just not shy about discussing his work, even when he could be cryptic about revealing the small print. However we’ll hopefully be taught extra about it sooner versus later.

Within the meantime, try Smith’s tweet under:

Additionally try the trailer for Smith’s newest mission, Clerks III, under: