In a posting on the View Askew site, Kevin Smith confirmed an April 8th start of shooting date for this "Clerks" sequel along with a few other tidbits:

"This week, we're having a reading of the script, with Brian, Jeff, Mewes and others...This isn't gonna be a cameo-heavy or star-heavy affair. Jay and Silent Bob have about as much screen time as they had in "Clerks." This is Dante and Randal's flick all the way. This is the funniest thing I've ever written. It's also really poignant. We'll still be making a "Clerks" cartoon movie, separate of this.

Some of the key players from the "Clerks" saga who've already read the 143 page first draft: Mos, Jeff, Brian, John Pierson, Bob Hawk. Jay's reading the new, refined 119 page second draft this week. Once they were all on board, any doubt or hesitation I might've felt about monkeying with the original's legacy disappeared completely."

For the full posting, be sure to click here.

Thanks to 'JHB'