Jay And Silent Bob Are Returning To The Big Screen

This is not a drill! This is an actual image from my laptop! Yes, Kids – @jayandsilentbob are coming back! Here’s the story: Sadly, Clerks III can’t happen (one of our four leads opted out of the flick). So I worked on a #Mallrats movie instead… which also didn’t happen because it turned into a #Mallrats series. I’ve pitched said sequel series to 6 different networks only to find no takers thus far. Mind you, I’m not complaining: nobody gets to make EVERYTHING they wanna make in this business (do they?). And I’ve been lucky to make anything at all, there’s so much competition out there, so many much cooler ideas from fresh folks. And besides: I had #comicbookmen and then @tuskthemovie and @yogahosers (which all came together so crazy quickly), and the podcasts and #fatmanonbatman. With all of that, how could I bitch about no Clerks III or Mallrats 2? Then when I started directing @thecw shows, it was such a slice of Heaven on Earth, I happily put my Askewniverse sequels to the side. Since I sold #Clerks and #Mallrats years ago, they’re owned by others, which limits my moves with my own material. I don’t mind: back in the day, all I ever wanted to do was sell my stuff so I could be in the movie biz in the first place. So I don’t own Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy or #Dogma… But I DO own #jayandsilentbob. So while I love playing with someone else’s new toys on @cwtheflash and @Supergirl, I’m getting eager to play with my old toys again in the inter-connected View Askewniverse I spent the first half of my career creating. And so all last month, I had the time of my life laughing while writing “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot” – a fun flick in which the Jersey boys have to go back to Hollywood to stop a brand new reboot of the old “Bluntman & Chronic Movie” they hated so much. It’s a tongue-in-cheek, silly-ass satire that pokes fun at the movie business’s recent re-do obsession, featuring an all-star cast of cameos and familiar faces! And I already met with the good folks at Miramax and they’re into it, so I’m hoping we’ll be shooting in the summer! Never give up, kids. You CAN do anything you want in life, so long as you’re patient and malleable. #KevinSmith

A photo posted by Kevin Smith (@thatkevinsmith) on Feb 9, 2017 at 1:54pm PST

tl;dr- Kevin Smith tried to get Clerks III made, but Jeff Anderson (Randall) is out, so that’s scrapped. Then he tried to get Mallrats 2 made, and it went from a movie to a TV show, and no networks picked it up, so that’s scrapped. He still wants to bring Jay and Silent Bob back, and those are the only two characters he owns still, so he got to work on a screenplay.

As for the plot, a movie studio is going into production on a Bluntman and Chronic reboot, and Jay and Silent Bob are gonna try to stop that from happening. Which is, basically, the exact plot from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. But hey, fuck it, I’m excited!

If you’re wondering why the MMA guy is blogging about a Kevin Smith movie, it’s because I’m a big Kevin Smith guy. Like, YUUUUUUUUGE. My “Why not?” tattoo is inspired by this speech he gave in 2012…

I cared enough about this fucker to get one of his quotes permanently inked on my skin and see his movie about a guy getting turned into a god damn walrus multiple times in theaters.

Jay and Silent Bob coming back is essentially my Super Bowl. Like, if the Super Bowl happened 6 times ever and the most recent one was in 2006. Not a great analogy but you get the fucking point. I’m thrilled.