It might be time for another trip to the mall.
Kevin Smith exclusively told The Post that there’s plans to make a sequel to his 1995 comedy “Mallrats.”
The 54-year-old director revealed that he spoke to one of the film’s stars, Shannen Doherty, about the potential sequel before she died of cancer in July at age 53.
“When we lost Shannon, which was a tough loss, man,” Smith told The Post while promoting his new coming-of-age film, “The 4:30 Movie.”
“They’re all tough losses, but she such a wonderful person,” he added about the “Beverly Hills, 90210” alum. “I figured at that point, ‘Well, that’s it for Mallrats.’ Especially because, like, one of the last conversations I had with her was about ‘Mallrats,’ about us going to Universal and making it happen.”
Smith noted that Doherty once told him on her “Let’s Be Clear” podcast that she’d “play the cancer card” to get the movie made.
“So it’s very bittersweet. I figured it was dead,” Smith shared of the potential sequel. “But then recently a conversation started happening. It is very early, but there may be some hope.”
“And if that’s the case, it’d be returning for the 30th anniversary,” Smith added. “This is the 30th anniversary of ‘Clerks,’ 2025 is 30 years since ‘Mallrats.’”
The “Dogma” director went on, “So to be able to go back and tell a multi-generational story like the Mallrats and their kids, would be an absolute dream come true, because that’s where I am now. Multi-generational. Like, there’s me and [Jason] Mewes, we’re old. We got kids of our own. And so hopefully we get to do it.”
“Mallrats” follows two best friends (played by Jeremy London and Jason Lee) as they spend a day at the mall after they break up with their respective girlfriends.
Doherty, Mewes, Ben Affleck, Michael Rooker, Claire Forlani, and Priscilla Barnes also star in the film.
Six months before Doherty’s death, Smith appeared on the “Let’s Be Clear” podcast and told the actress that her fame was the reason the feature was able to get produced.
But Doherty said that the failure of the film (it grossed only $2 million on a $6 million budget) hurt her career.
“People literally thought that I was carrying the movie, so therefore it was a box office failure; it was completely on me. So there was no film career after that, which was a little brutal,” she explained. “I really thought ‘Mallrats’ was going to kick me into that gear [of making movies].”
“She’s right, man. It’s like, if this works, here goes the movie career. And it really did not. Boy, I apologize for that,” Smith told Doherty.
“The 4:30 Movie,” considered Smith’s most personal film to date, is set in the summer of 1986 and follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When one of the guys invites the girl of his dreams to see an R-rated film, all hilarity breaks loose, as a self-important theater manager and teen rivalries interfere with his best-laid plans.
The cast includes Lee, Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Sienna Agudong, Justin Long, Ken Jeong, Rachel Dratch and Sam Richardson.
“The 4:30 Movie” is available on digital now.
