Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)

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Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic.

Date of release
2019-10-15
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (638)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Comedy, Action, Adventure
Director
Kevin Smith
Collection
Jay and Silent Bob Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is a 2019 American satirical buddy stoner comedy film written, edited, and directed by Kevin Smith. It is the sequel to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and the eighth film in the View Askewniverse. The film stars Jason Mewes and Smith, respectively, as the two eponymous characters. The plot follows Jay and Silent Bob as they journey to Hollywood to stop a reboot of the Bluntman and Chronic movie after inadvertently signing away their names and rights.

Production

Following Clerks II, news has appeared often of other titles to be released in the View Askewniverse; these would include Clerks III and Mallrats 2. In 2017, Kevin Smith had confirmed that those projects were cancelled for several reasons, but revealed he had written a new film starring Jay and Silent Bob titled Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. The script was already finished when it was announced and it was said that Miramax would produce it.

Filming was initially set to begin mid-2017, then moved to August 2018, then to November of that same year. After the various delays, filming finally began on February 25, 2019, in New Orleans exactly one year after Smith suffered a massive and near-fatal heart attack.

During the filming of the movie, Smith released a weekly documentary called Road to Reboot, showing what is being filmed that week. Production wrapped on March 27, 2019, after 21 days of shooting, which was the same number of days it took Smith to film his first movie, Clerks, 26 years earlier.

Mewes and Smith were attached to star as early as the film's announcement.

Comic book writer Stan Lee was initially cast as himself in the film in July 2017, but due to his death on November 12, 2018, was instead given a tribute within the film at Brodie Bruce's comics shop while additionally appearing in the mid-credits through archival footage. The film was also dedicated to his memory.

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