Kevin Smith seems to have fallen in love with directing television shows. After trying his hand at it for one of the episodes of The Flash, he said that it was probably the best job he's done at directing. He then announced that he was going to help make a Buckaroo Banzai television series, all of this while teasing the long awaited sequel to Mallrats. The other day he posted the above picture to his Twitter account with the caption, "EXCLUSIVE @ThatKevinSmith confirms #MallRats2 is heading into production...as a 10-epsiode series! Filming dates TBD."
Wha...? A television series? Well that's different. While it's not that unusual for a movie to be turned into a television series, it is a little weird that a sequel to a movie will be made into a television series. I guess he really enjoyed his time working on The Flash and hopes to continue it with other projects for the small screen.
The only other time I can think of this happening was when it was announced that a sequel to Army of Darkness was getting made, and then we found out that it was going to be a series on the Starz network called Ash vs The Evil Dead. Sam Raimi said that he liked this format because it allowed him to explore the characters more thoroughly than he could with just one feature film. Maybe this is what Kevin Smith is hoping for as well.
No word yet on when it will air, or on what network, but as soon as I find out, I'll let you all know. So what do you think? Good idea? Bad idea? Let me know your thoughts in the comment section down below.
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