Reboot of ‘Jay and Silent Bob’ Begins Filming, Kevin Smith Reveals on Instagram

On Monday, Kevin Smith took to Instagram so he could celebrate with his fans. One year ago Monday, on February 25th, 2018, Kevin Smith suffered a near-fatal heart attack and underwent emergency surgery to save his life. Not only was he celebrating that, but Smith was also celebrating the first day of filming on his upcoming Jay and Silent Bob reboot.

In his post, Smith talks about running lines with Jason Lee and Jason Mewes on Sunday night during the Oscars. In a particularly touching line, he even states “I couldn’t help but feel relief when the ‘In Memoriam’ montage ended and I wasn’t in it.” He goes on to heap praise on both Lee and Mewes before offering a little tidbit into what they filmed the first day. Check out his full post below:

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One year ago today, I almost died. So today, I’m living it up on with @jaymewes and Jason Lee on Day 1 of my new flick @jayandsilentbob Reboot! Thanks to @saban_films and Universal for the loot to make this epic, @jordanmonsanto and @destrofilms for making it happen, @jenschwalbach and @harleyquinnsmith for humoring my goofy bullshit one more time, and #jasonmewes for standing beside me all these years while I do the hardest thing I can personally ever do, either in film or in real life: simply shut the fuck up. I couldn’t think of a better scene with which to start the shoot than the return to the Mall with Brodie Bruce. The three of us gathered for a couple hours last night to run the lines and realized we first rehearsed together waaaaay back in the mid-90’s. It may be 24 years later and we may have 6 kids between us, but Jay, Lee and me partied like it was 1995, giggling while adding jokes and finding inflections. The Oscars were on in the background during our practice and I couldn’t help but feel relief when the “In Memoriam” montage ended and I wasn’t in it. We picked 2/25 as the Reboot start date *intentionally*, to celebrate the fact that I did not become Silent Bob forever 365 days ago. But after a blissful couple hours of making pretend with my friends on the set of my 14th film, I’m starting to think I *did* die in that operating room after all. Because what could be more Heavenly than this? #KevinSmith #jayandsilentbob #jayandsilentbobreboot #jasonlee #jaymewes #neworleans #brodiebruce #wwambassador #movie

A post shared by Kevin Smith (@thatkevinsmith) on Feb 25, 2019 at 12:01pm PST

The Jay and Silent Bob reboot will serve as a sequel to the duo’s 2001 outing, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. It will apparently follow the two stoners as they return to Hollywood and try to stop a remake of the Bluntman and Chronic film they originally tried to stop in Strike Back. Obviously, Smith and Mewes are returning to reprise their roles, with Lee also set to appear. No official word on the rest of the cast has been released but Smith has promised plenty of cameos from some familiar faces.

The Jay and Silent Bob reboot has yet to receive a release date.