Režiser/scenarist/glumac/producent Kevin Smith voli se osvrtati na svoje dosadašnje radove i uvijek planira neke nove projekte vezane uz one stare. Smislio je kako će napraviti još jedan nastavak filmova Clerks i Mallrats no niti jedan film još nije ugledao svjetlo dana. I očito da niti neće jer je u novom postu na Instagramu Smith objavio kako ti projekti nemaju budućnost, ali je najavio jedan koji ima: Jay and Silent Bob Reboot!
"Priča ide ovako.", započeo je na svom Instagramu Smith: "Nažalost, Clerks III se ne mogu dogoditi (jedan od četiri glavna glumca je ispao iz igre). Pa sam umjesto toga radio na Mallrats filmu... koji se također nije dogodio jer se na kraju pretvorio u Mallrats serijal. Pokušao sam prodati navedeni serijal 6 različitih TV kuća i za sada nema zainteresiranih."
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
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Smith je u podužem postu objasnio kako se poželio baviti starim projektima no da više na filmove poput Clerksa, Dogme i Chasing Amy više nema prava jer ih je prodao studijima koji su ih radili tako da nema baš previše izbora. "Ali ja sam vlasnik prava na Jaya i Silent Boba. I iako se volim igrati sa tuđim novim igračkama željan sam svojih starih igračaka i povezanog View Askewnivers svijeta koji sam stvarao prvu polovicu svoje karijere."
Smith je uz sliku pozadine svog računala koja otkriva scenarij napisao kako je uživao u smijehu dok je pisao scenarij za Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. Film je objasnio kao zabavan uradak u kojem dečki iz Jerseya ponovno moraju otići u Hollywood kako bi zaustavili reboot starog filma Bluntman & Chronic kojeg mrze. Ovaj bi film trebao biti zabavna satira koja ismijava najnoviju opsesiju filmske industrije - recikliranje starih dobrih filmova i serija, te se očekuju zvjezdane cameo uloge i poznate face.
Smith će ponovno biti Silent Bob dok će njegovog pričljivijeg prijatelja Jaya ponovno utjeloviti Jason Mewes. Dvojac se pojavio u većini Smithovih filmova, a prvi samostalni film bio im je Jay i Silent Bob uzvraćaju udarac iz 2001. godine.
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