Kevin Smith is set to unveil the first trailer for his View Aksewniverse return Jay and Silent Bob Reboot this Saturday at the San Diego Comic-Con International, and in anticipation of the panel the filmmaker has shared a faux poster for Bluntman v Chronic, the ‘movie within the movie’ which inspired Jay and Silent Bob to embark on their latest adventure.
“This weekend at Comic-Con, we’ll be debuting the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot trailer during my Saturday night Hall H panel (right after the Marvel Studios panel),” states Smith on Instagram. “It’ll go out to the world soon after, so folks are going to see much more of the cast, plot and in-movie artwork. So in anticipation, I’ll be sharing images from Jay and Silent Bob Reboot that I haven’t made public yet. Like this faux movie artwork upon which our plot turns.”
“In the new adventure, Jay and Silent Bob find out the old Bluntman and Chronic movie that was based on them is getting a reboot – so they go back to Hollywood to stop it all over again,” he continues. “But as with any reboot, the source material has been modernized – so the rebooted Bluntman movie (the reboot of the movie that starred Jason Biggs and James Van Der Beek now features a female Chronic! I won’t spoil who plays the new Bluntman and Chronic (it’s in the trailer). If you’re at Saturday night’s “Kevin Smith Reboots Hall H” panel, you’ll not only see the Reboot trailer: I’m gonna show you the Bluntman movie-in-a-movie scene too! I can’t wait to start sharing this epic! It’s my all-time favorite of all my flicks and also a meta scrapbook of my entire career (and life) that sequelizes all the View Askew movies in one sprawling story!”
UPDATE: And Smith has revealed that the gender-swapped Chronic will be played by Supergirl herself, Melissa Benoist…
Kevin Smith's upcoming film Jay & Silent Bob Reboot the role of Chronic will be played by Melissa Benoist
The actress best known as Supergirl has been friendly with Smith for years as he has become a favorite director on Supergirl and The Flashhttps://t.co/evdfAxNeff pic.twitter.com/Q5QrOPmp0N— Miracles & Marvels (@miraclemarvel) July 18, 2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is set for release later this year and features a cast that includes Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Brian O’Halloran, Jason Lee, Shannon Elizabeth, Jennifer Schwalbach, Chris Hemsworth, Melissa Benoist, Joe Manganiello, Justin Long, Craig Robinson, Frankie Shaw, David Dastmalchian, Chris Jericho, Harley Quinn Smith, Alice Wen, Treshelle Edmond, Ralph Garman, Aparna Brielle, Grant Gustin, Kate Micucci, Redman, Method Man, and Jordan Monsanto.
Originally published July 17, 2019. Updated July 18, 2019.
