Kevin Smith Says He Now Has The Financing For 'Clerks 3'

So despite a lot of hype, Kevin Smith's "Tusk" opened earlier this month and pretty much died. It earned a paltry $1.4 million theatrically but that said, the VOD numbers might be more encouraging. Either way, the filmmaker knows how to hustle, and he's already at work at the low budget "Yoga Hosers," with "Moose Jaws" in the pipeline (part of what Smith calls the "True North Trilogy"). But perhaps you forgot about a project in his back pocket: "Clerks 3."

Earlier this year, Smith revealed that The Weinstein Company had balked on producing the movie, budgeted at $6 million, but offered distribution. This left the status of the sequel unclear at the time, but it looks like things are back on track. 

“Because of 'Tusk' I got my financing for 'Clerks III.' And honestly, that wouldn’t have happened [without 'Tusk']. A year and change ago, I was desperately trying to get 'Clerks III' made for the 20th anniversary and that desperation...