Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is written, directed, filmed, and starring Kevin Smith, a 2019 American comedy film. Referring to his 2001 comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Smith described the film all over again as "actually the same fluffy film." It's the View Askewniverse's seventh movie. The film also stars Jason Mewes, including actors from Smith, including Jason Lee, Brian O'Halloran, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon. It was released theatrically in the U.S. on October 15, 2019.
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About The Jay and Silent Bob Reboot-
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Produced by: Jordan Monsanto and Liz Destro
Written by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith
Music by: James L. Venable
Cinematography: Yaron Levy
Edited by: Kevin Smith
Production company: View Askew Productions, Miramax Films, Destro Films, Mewesings, SMODCO, Hideout Pictures, Intercut Capital and Skit Bags Entertainment
Distributed by: Saban Films (United States) and Universal Pictures (International)
Release date: October 15, 2019 (United States)
Running time: 104 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $10 million.
Plot summary
Jay and Silent Bob were stopped at the Quick Stop by a SWAT team to grow marijuana. We are brought to court where a lawyer (Justin Long) is named to have them sign a document before the trial begins. The attorney then persuades the judge (Craig Robinson) that their business was in reality a temporary pop-up shop advertising an upcoming film. Jay and Bob are winning their freedom, but another court is fast beginning. The prosecutor is switching sides, representing a Saban Films member who opted for Bluntman and Chronic. Because Saban is planning a big-budget remake, Bluntman V Chronic, the lawyer argues that Jay and Silent Bob have legally given their naming rights to Saban, and can therefore never again identify themselves as Jay and Silent Bob.
Outraged, Jay and Bob are visiting Brodie Bruce (Jason Lee), whose store now operates at the Eden Prairie Mall, Brodie's Secret Stash. He tells them about Kevin Smith's rebooting film. The movie is already largely finished, but as the annual Chronic Con conference in Los Angeles, a scene is to be filmed. Jay and Bob have three days to get to Los Angeles to avoid completing the movie and take their identities back. We hear, though, that they are on a No Fly List and are unable to fly to California. Actually, they steal credit card information from a loudmouth businessman and order a ride-share to get to California.
We make it to Chicago, but Jay offers him a joint to enjoy as his first when the driver confides that he has never smoked marijuana. He smokes outside Mooby's, where he is stopped immediately when annoyed by Jay and Bob. Jay glances at a nearby TV after placing an order and notices Justice, his former girlfriend, who is on the news at the moment a weatherperson. Jay and Silent Bob find the right place to live and pay a visit to her. Justice faints in surprise and a masked girl wearing a hockey mask then knocks out the duo. Both wake up bound in the living room of Justice, where Jay is ordered by Justice to leave her heartbroken by never visiting her in prison. She has been married since then because she felt that Jay no longer loved her and gave birth to her child of love, nicknamed "Millennium Faulken." She introduces her daughter to Jay, but encourages her never to disclose her relationship. Outside, Millenium, revealed to be the same masked woman from the start, introduces Jay and Bob to her best friend, "Silent Soapy," who is deaf and communicates in sign language.
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Justice leaves with her family for a break, and Millie pressures Jay to take her with him and Bob to Hollywood. They agree and take the ride-share reluctantly. Millie drugs Jay and Bob with very strong marijuana candy, leading to a vision where Jay receives parenting advice from Red Man and Method Man, the stars of Jay's favorite How High movie. They wake up on a Louisiana highway where they meet the other two mates of Millie, Jihad and Shan Yu. They're telling Jay they want to visit Chronic Con because Shan Yu, a Chinese immigrant, is a huge fan of the first Bluntman and Chronic film and it's her wish to attend Chronic Con before she's going back to China. We rob a car from a survivor we seduced and travel to California through a pedophile chat room. Jay, wanting to protect his wife, tells her and her friends about her behaviour. He discovers that after her father tried to kill her for being sexually assaulted, Jihad was taken to America. Millie admits that she never knows her father attributes her behavior to her.
Once again, Jay and Bob are abandoned at a Mooby's, meeting their first ride-share driver, angry at both for ruining his life. Jay and Bob were stealing their car and searching for the bus. They find the van in a vacant area where a rally is being held by the Ku Klux Klan. They abducted the girls and are planning to kill them. Silent Bob steals a klan hood and becomes the new grand dragon to confuse them while Jay rescues the women. They throw at the Klansmen in the car a portable toilet, covering them with feces, and the party is fleeing the scene. They do it in California, where Jay seeks to reconnect with Millie, not exposing their relationship by the wishes of the Justice. They make it where they get in to Chronic Con. When Jay and Bob plan to ruin the film, Jay and Bob break up with the girls, but the girls want to be extras in the movie to fulfill the vision of Shan Yu. With Jay embracing Millie and letting her know he's proud of her, they decide to part ways.
Jay and Bob are trying to get backstage and get past a guard (Diedrich Bader), chasing them after panel by panel. They're hidden in another room where Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) is approaching them. He conducts a podcast with Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), who adapts the Chasing Amy comic from Holden into an original Netflix series. Over the years, the two have developed a platonic friendship, and Holden has donated his sperm to Alyssa and her family in order to have a baby he helps with. He introduces his wife, Amy, to Jay and Bob. Holden tells Jay that he was given a new purpose in life by fatherhood. It inspires Jay to be with Millie and set his mission aside. Holden gives them VIP passes which allow him and Kevin Smith's girls to enter the table. Smith goes backstage to take a break before shooting a scene after watching a film clip. Soapy gets an idea and sneaks backstage Silent Bob and kicks Kevin Smith down, giving him the clothes of Silent Bob Smith to cover himself. They're filming the scene with Millie and Shan Yu on the stage. Yet Shan Yu sees the real Kevin Smith despite their ruse and knocks out Silent Bob. Silent Bob is thrown out of the hall and Shan Yu reveals herself as a Russian spy, determined to destroy American movies. Silent Bob steals from a nearby scrapyard a metal suit and becomes "Iron Bob" and helps fend off Shan Yu and a team of Russian spies dressed as Cock Knocker. Eventually, Jay reveals that he's her dad to Millie. He and Silent Bob are stirring a table riot and taking Shan Yu to justice. The riot shuts down the production of movies forever.
Jay is showing Millie the Quick Stop in New Jersey. Silent Bob brings coffee to them as Jay tells Millie his tales about the adventures of his and Silent Bob, including speaking with Justice. Dante arrives at the Quick Stop and observes the closing of the shutters. In a post-credit scene, Jay tells Millie that they would tease Dante by putting gum on the locks every day for twenty-five years.
Cast
Melissa Benoist as Chronic
Matt Damon as Loki
Chris Hemsworth
Ben Affleck as Holden McNeil
Rosario Dawson as Reggie Faulken
Kevin Smith as Silent Bob
Shannon Elizabeth as Justice
Joe Manganiello as Bailiff
Val Kilmer as Bluntman
James Van Der Beek as James Van Der Beek
Jason Lee as Brodie Bruce
Justin Long as Lawyer
Kate Micucci as Mooby's Employee
Jason Mewes as Jay
Joey Lauren Adams as Alyssa Jones
Production
According to Clerks II, news has often appeared in the View Askewniverse of other titles to be published, including Clerks III and Mallrats 2. Kevin Smith had announced in 2017 that these films had been scrapped for several reasons, but revealed that he had written a new movie titled Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, featuring Jay and Silent Bob. The script was completed when it was released and it was said that it would be distributed by Miramax. On January 25, 2019, it was announced that Saban Films in partnership with Universal Pictures had obtained distribution rights to the film. It is the first film not to be made by Scott Mosier in the View Askewniverse, and the first film not to be produced by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in the View Askewniverse since Mallrats.
Filming
Initially, filming was scheduled to begin mid-2017, then moved to August 2018, then November of the same year. Following the various delays, filming finally began in New Orleans on February 25, 2019, exactly one year after Smith suffered a massive, near-fatal heart attack.
Smith published a weekly documentary called Road to Reboot during the shooting of the film, showing what is being filmed that week.
Production wrapped up after 21 days of shooting on March 27, 2019, which was the same number of days that Smith took to make his first film, Clerks, 26 years earlier.
Casting
As early as the film's release, Mewes and Smith were attached to the movie.
Comic book writer Stan Lee was originally cast in July 2017 as himself in the movie. But due to his death on November 12, 2018, Lee will instead receive a tribute in the film at the comics shop of Brodie Bruce. The initial third act of the movie was to revolve around Lee, with an extended appearance as a main character from him; but, considering the film's main photography did not begin until three months after Lee's death, the script's entire third act was rewritten.
Originally, because of his friendship with Smith, Ben Affleck was not interested in the film at all. Once Affleck was asked whether he got the call for Reboot in an interview, he replied, "Your guess is as good as mine." Smith wrote in a scene with Affleck's character Holden McNeil after learning about that interview and wrote his 1997 movie Chasing Amy in a mini-sequel. Smith was more excited about not only getting Affleck in the movie, but also getting his"... BOYFRIEND BACK!"
Release
The film was released as part of two showings at Fathom Events on October 15, 2019. The first performance on October 15 received the film's limited edition poster, and the second on October 17 will be a double feature of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Smith will embark on a North American roadshow tour following the Fathom shows with a film screening, preceded by a Q&A session. The roadshow will start in Asbury Park, New Jersey on October 19 and will end in New Orleans, Louisiana until February 26, 2020. Near the beginning of 2020, the tour will extend worldwide.
Conclusion
Jay and Silent Bob return to Hollywood to avoid the production of a remake of the movie 'Bluntman and Chronic.'
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