Mallrats

Mallrats
Theatrical release poster by Drew Struzan
Directed by	Kevin Smith
Written by	Kevin Smith
Produced by	Sean Daniel James Jacks Scott Mosier
Starring	Shannen Doherty Jeremy London Jason Lee Claire Forlani Priscilla Barnes Michael Rooker
Cinematography	David Klein
Edited by	Paul Dixon
Music by	Ira Newborn
Production companies	View Askew Productions Gramercy Pictures (I) Alphaville Films
Distributed by	Gramercy Pictures
Release date	October 20, 1995 (1995-10-20) (United States)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6.1 million
Box office	$2.1 million[1]

Mallrats is a 1995 American buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Jason Lee, Jeremy London, Shannen Doherty, Claire Forlani, Priscilla Barnes and Michael Rooker. It is the second film in the View Askewniverse following 1994's Clerks.

As in the other Askewniverse films, the characters Jay and Silent Bob feature prominently, and characters and events from other films are discussed. Several cast members, including Lee, Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams, have gone on to work in several other Smith films. Comic-book icon Stan Lee appeared, as did Brian O'Halloran, the star of Smith's breakout feature Clerks.

Plans for a sequel film titled MallBrats were announced in March 2015. By the following year, the project was proposed to be a television miniseries, but by February 2017, Smith announced that he had not been able to sell the series to any network. In January 2020, Smith revealed that development on a sequel film has started again, this time under the title Twilight of the Mallrats.

Mallrats has had three versions released, with the main version being released amongst an extended version and a theatrical version. The theatrical release has a total of 100 differences between the extended and original version.^[2]