Kevin Smith Shares Behind-The-Scenes Director Shot of 'Jay And Silent Bob Reboot'

Kevin Smith says that he should not have dropped out of film school in a new behind-the-scenes [...]

By Russ Burlingame

Kevin Smith says that he should not have dropped out of film school in a new behind-the-scenes photo from Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.

It is a common joke from the filmmaker, who can be heard in interviews, stand-up comedy specials, and commentary tracks for his films joking that he sets the camera down and walks away from it as his "style" of directing.

The image is the latest -- and maybe the least spoiler-y -- that Smith has shared from the set, featuring only an image of Smith himself looking into a camera.

You can see the image (and Smith's comments) below.

Jay & Silent Bob Reboot will be a reboot/revival of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back which is simultaneously a parody of/commentary on reboots and revivals. The movie apparently centers on Jay and Silent Bob discovering that Hollywood is rebooting the Bluntman & Chronic movie that the pair set out to stop in Strike Back, and so now they are setting out to stop the reboot, too.

The film will bring back several of Smith's old regular troupe of actors, including Jason Lee (who plays Brodie Bruce and Banky Edwards) and Brian O'Halloran (Dante Hicks from Clerks).

Other members of the Smith troupe who are less likely to return include Ben Affleck (who hasn't talked to Smith in a few years) and Jeff Anderson (who reportedly did not want to do Clerks 3).

Speaking to Anderson's absence, Smith recently posted a photo of Jay and Silent Bob standing beside a Redbox machine, noting that in the film, as in real life, RST Video has closed up shop, effectively leaving Anderson's Randal Graves out a day job.

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This is not a @redbox ad - this is a big thank you from @jayandsilentbob Reboot to the good folks at Red Box for the Gretzky-like assist in getting us a kiosk for our movie. I Tweeted at #redbox in pre-production, asking if they could help us out and the Red Boxketeers delivered! As with all the good things in my life, this movie starts at Quick Stop. And as in the real world, video stores (like Jay and Silent Bob themselves) are a thing of the past. So to help tell our story of how time marches on and how the past gives way (reluctantly) to the inevitable future, having the modern version of a video store Clerk make a wordless cameo at the top of the flick really sets the tone. Don’t get me wrong: we’re making a vulgar l’il comedy. But since the vulgar l’il comedian behind the camera nearly dropped dead last year, there’s a surprising amount of introspection for a #jayandsilentbob flick. I know this because I spent all weekend editing, cutting together 23 minutes of the movie, including the opening and closing scenes. The first scene is easily one of the funniest sequences I’ve ever shot, and the final scene is heartbreakingly beautiful for a movie about cartoonish weed dealers who go on the journey of a lifetime. Again. We start Week 2 in 10 minutes. #KevinSmith #Jay Mewes jayandsilentbobreboot #jayandsilentbob #videostore #quickstop #JasonMewes #SilentBob #clerks #nola #neworleans #JayandSilentBobStrikeBack #indiefilm #indiefilmmaking

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Jay & Silent Bob Reboot is currently in production with an eye toward a Fall 2019 release date.

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