▁ ▁Se quel ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Kevin ▁Smith ▁confirmed ▁that ▁Mall r ats ▁ 2 ▁was ▁being ▁written ▁and ▁was ▁sl ated ▁to ▁begin ▁shooting ▁in ▁summer ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Smith ▁announced ▁that ▁Mall r ats ▁ 2 ▁would ▁be ▁his ▁next ▁film , ▁instead ▁of ▁C ler ks ▁III ▁as ▁originally ▁intended , ▁and ▁would ▁begin ▁film ing ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁From ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁to ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Smith ▁made ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁announ c ements ▁regarding ▁the ▁proposed ▁sequ el , ▁some ▁regarding ▁casting ▁and ▁some ▁announ cing ▁del ays ▁in ▁production . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁planned ▁film ▁became ▁a ▁planned ▁ 1 0 - ep is ode ▁television ▁min is eries . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Smith ▁announced ▁that ▁pitch es ▁to ▁six ▁different ▁networks ▁resulted ▁in ▁no ▁one ▁willing ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁TV ▁series , ▁but ▁expressed ▁his ▁hope ▁that ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁would ▁sp ike ▁after ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁Jay ▁and ▁Sil ent ▁Bob ▁Reb oot . ▁ ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 2 0 , ▁Smith ▁announced ▁that ▁development ▁on ▁a ▁Mall r ats ▁sequ el ▁film ▁has ▁started ▁up ▁again , ▁under ▁a ▁new ▁title ▁Tw il ight ▁of ▁the ▁Mall r ats . ▁On ▁April ▁ 2 4 , ▁Smith ▁has ▁stated ▁that