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Kevin Smith Talks ‘The 4:30 Movie’s Love Letter To Small-Town Theaters, His “Existential” Streaming Dread And The Journey To Make ‘Mallrats 2’
After 30 years of directing, Kevin Smith tells Deadline about buying his hometown cinema and returning to his roots to make 'The 4:30 Movie'.
Known for such indie hits as Clerks(1994), Mallrats(1995), Chasing Amy(1997), Dogma(1999) and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back(2001), Smith’s latest title is a teen film wrapped in an ’80s period piece, quite the departure from his View Askewniverse. After saving his hometown movie theater in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, from closing down, and reopening as Smodcastle Cinemas, Smith saw a unique opportunity to make a deeply personal film that hearkens to a time before streaming. When he’s not running a movie theater or plotting his latest “dream job” as a morning radio DJ, Smith is in talks with Universal about the long-awaited sequel to Mallrats, following Shannen Doherty ‘s recent death.
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