With plans for more Clerks and Mallrats sidelined, the filmmaker turns his attention to Jay and Silent Bob.
After encountering roadblocks to the long-discussed "Clerks III" and "Mallrats 2," Kevin Smith has announced he's turned his attention to another Jay and Silent Bob film.
In a lengthy Instagram post, Smith revealed late Thursday that he's finished the script for “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,” which will send the fan-favorite duo back to Hollywood to prevent a new version of the “Bluntman and Chronic” movie from 2001's "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back." Smith described the project as “a tongue-in-cheek, silly-ass satire that pokes fun at the movie business's recent re-do obsession,” and promised tons of cameos.
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Smith said he’s already met with Miramax executives, who are “into it." He hopes the film can start shooting this summer.
In the post, the director also delved into the problems faced by the "Clerks" and "Mallrats" sequels, explaining that one of the leads dropped out of the former, and no studio or network was interested in the latter or its proposed television spinoff. “I’ve pitched said sequel series to 6 different networks only to find no takers thus far," Smith wrote. "Mind you, I’m not complaining: nobody gets to make everything they wanna make in this business."
Played by Jason Mewes and Smith, respectively, Jay and Silent Bob were introduced were introduced in the 1994 cult favorite "Clerks," and went on to appear in most of the filmmaker's View Askewniverse releases. In "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," the aimless marijuana- and fireworks-selling duo goes on a quest to Hollywood to stop production of a film based on "Bluntman and Chronic," a comic book by "Chasing Amy's" Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) that uses their likenesses.