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The most current update on "Clerks 2", stolen from Kevin [his board]:
3/1 Update
- Turned in the third draft, which came down 16 pages (following the reading). It's now a lean, funnily mean 103 pages. This will, no doubt, be the shooting draft.
- Looks like our "Clerks 2" deal is about to close, so we may be getting cash-flowed as early as next week. While all fees and back-end deals are normally pre-negotiated in our overall deal, this flick was an exception - based on the low, low budget, and the fact that Scott and I opted against receiving our contractual salaries and instead took a new back-end deal that rewards us if the movie performs well (if it doesn't, we did the movie, essentially, for nearly-free). Same with Jeff, Brian, and Mewes - while we're all taking home some cash up front, it's not nearly what they could've commanded to do the sequel to a proven flick. So, like Scott and I, they're all taking the risk, and sharing equally in any back-end payday.
Yes - I realize how very gay "back-end payday" sounds. That's why I was smiling when I wrote it.
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2/18 Update
- Yesterday, we did a reading of the script, with Brian, Jeff, Jay, Jen, me and the new guy, Trevor (our surprise, secret weapon). Fucking fantastic. The flick reads great. When Brian and Jeff got going in their back-and-forth, I got all sorts of non-sexual hard. Fuck, this is a funny flick, and those guys are in top shape.
Afterwards, me, Mos, Phil Benson, Jeff, Brian and Trevor did oral notes on the script, voting for cuts in the stuff that just lays there, suggesting tightening in some scenes, rearrangement in others. We were a story-telling collective, all working toward making something that already feels hillarious and special even moreso. I'm guessing the current 119 Second Draft of the script will go down by another five to ten pages in Draft Three.
I can't describe how fulfilling it is to hear the script performed and to watch Brian and Jeff bounce off one another. And Mewes? Top form. Tip-top form.
Wish I could bust with some of the best lines here, but don't wanna be a spoiler. I want you guys to go into this flick virgins, and leave debauched.
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