Kevin Smith's 'Jay and Silent Bob' Sequel Is Happening ... No, No. Seriously, It's ACTUALLY Happening

Remember when people — including ourselves — got all pissy with Kevin Smith for taking issue with critics (including ourselves) over reviews of Cop Out? Such innocent times those were, when getting pissy with critics rose to the level of “problematic.” And now? Some days, it feels like Smith is one of the last men in Hollywood who hasn’t been revealed to be a creep — just a good guy who wildly overshares about the consensual sex he has with his wife, with whom he is obsessed (as my motto goes: Never trust a guy who won’t stop talking about how feminist he is, but always trust a guy who won’t shut up about how awesome his wife is).

Anyway, Kevin Smith has been talking about sequels and reboots to Clerks, Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob and, I think, Dogma, for so many years now that the rumors lost all meaning. These movies would never happen, and we all knew it. Jeff Anderson bailed on Clerks 3, so that went away. Netflix, Showtime, and Hulu all reportedly turned down Mallrats 2 so that went away, too.

A dark-horse candidate, however, has emerged in the form of a reboot to Jay and Silent Bob. And it’s no longer just talk. It’s actually happening. Like, happening happening. And not just in a pre-pre-production kind of way:

It’s actually currently filming. “Celebrity” cameos have already been shot!

We even have our first look at … Jay and Silent Bob, who look both the same and way too old to be standing outside of a convenience store all day.

He’s even got a production company behind it and everything. Granted, it’s Saban Films, which I think distributes all of those John Travolta and Nic Cage movies that your step-dad watches, but if Jay and Silent Bob: The Reboot goes straight to Red Box, I’ll be the first guy standing in line inside my grocery store to rent it for $1. I might even hang on to it for a few days and pay those fines to show my support for the film.