Hollywood, CA – Director Kevin Smith has confirmed Technique Man and Redman will star within the upcoming Jay & Silent Bob Reboot. Smith, who spearheaded 1994’s Clerks and 2001’s Jay & Silent Bob Strike Again (and, course, performs Silent Bob) offered an epic replace on Instagram, confirming the Hip Hop duo’s involvement.
“Technique Performing! In @jayandsilentbob Reboot, we lastly reply the immortal query: How excessive?” he wrote within the caption. “So @jaymewes and I turned to the one males who may be capable of remedy this everlasting thriller: @methodmanficial & @redmangilla! Holy fuck, what a fantastic evening we had on set!
“It was a huge, packed day the place we had 100 extras and I used to be out and in costumes – and within the center all of it was the Mef and Pink scene.”
Smith additionally applauded the Wu-Tang vet and his partner-in-rhyme’s flawless first take.
“However the second we referred to as ‘Motion,’ the legends launched into the one finest first take I ever shot in 25 years,” he continued. “They have been pitch-perfect and hysterical (and a bit of touching)! It was so good, I might’ve reduce their complete efficiency from that one take! However my associates flew all strategy to #nola to say this shit, so we did one other two shot, a pair singles after which image wrapped our secret sauce!
“I’ve had tens of millions memorable moments over the course my profession. However watching that magic take unfurl is in my Prime Ten! And after I heard #methodman and #redman say “Snoogans” and “Snootchie Bootchies”? I used to be lifted! Many thanks for bringing absolute fireplace, my associates!”
Smith introduced he was engaged on the Jay & Silent Bob Reboot in 2017. The plot revolves across the notorious slacker duo who goes again to Hollywood to cease a model new reboot the previous Bluntman & Power Film they hated a lot.
In an announcement to Deadline, Smith elaborated, “In Jay & Silent Bob Strike Again our natural heroes came upon Hollywood was making a film based mostly on them, in order that they journeyed out to Hollywood to cease it. However I’ve realized a lot as a storyteller and have grown immensely as a filmmaker since then, so audiences can count on one thing utterly totally different.
“In Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, our natural heroes discover out Hollywood is making a reboot the previous film that was based mostly on them, in order that they journey out to Hollywood to cease it once more. I fer my (literal) timeless due to our wonderful companions at Saban and Common for making this dream come true and backing this cinematic silliness!”