This Isolation is Really Helping Projects Get Finished
With people of all different kinds of backgrounds stuck in isolation due to Covid-19, some work is capable of completion. What is meant by that is projects often times take a while to work on due to the fact people have multiple things to do on a regular basis. Being stuck somewhere reduces the amount of things that need to be done, however. So, since people can work on projects that have been forgone, after everything is over, new things will be finished or close to finished. An example of which is writers managing to get their works finished considering they have nothing else to do.
The virus is pushing people to get work done online which is getting people to work on scripts, screenplays, etc. There are movies, novels, and sequels that people have been waiting for information on. So now we are seeing artists putting their time into these other projects. Getting work done from home isn’t the reason why these projects are being worked on either. It is because, in isolation, it is easier to start thinking about what to move onto to keep busy. This results in everyone getting something they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise.
For instance, due to the isolation many people are confined to, Kevin Smith has said that he is working on scripts for sequels. He has said he is working to finish scripts for Clerks 3 and Mallrats 2. Smith has been known to work on a number of different projects through the years with some simply not becoming reality. So for fans of the original films, this is a welcome idea for people who have been waiting all these years for sequels. The original films have amassed cult followings with the first Clerks becoming a classic. It only amassed around $3 million, but with a budget of around $27,500, it launched Smith’s career as a director.
Smith has stated on a Facebook post that the Clerks 3 and Twilight of the Mallrats scripts were top priority. He also gave some details on the Clerks 3 film after years of development, saying that the location for the plot of the film is the Quick Stop that it all started in. So, while the virus has stopped numerous productions, the writers’ side of things is not suffering. The virus is a terrible thing that is shutting down most of the world as we know it, but not everything is awful, so we have to take the good with the bad.