A brand new Jay and Silent Bob film has been confirmed as Kevin Smith reveals the primary plot particulars of the View Askewniverse’s subsequent installment. Jay and Silent Bob have been in films throughout Smith’s shared universe, debuting in 1994’s Clerks. The pair have headed two films of their very own, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again in 2001, and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot in 2019.
Talking with Collider, Smith confirmed that Jay and Silent Bob will probably be coming again for a 3rd film with the pair front-and-center. Titled Jay and Silent Bob: Retailer Wars, the film follows the occasions of Clerks III the place the duo open up a weed dispensary. The brand new film focuses on their competitors with a rival retailer.
See Smith’s description beneath:
Imagine it or not, man, we nonetheless discover financing for Jay and Silent Bob footage, so we’re making a film known as Jay and Silent Bob: Retailer Wars. For individuals who recall and nonetheless comply with this carefully, in Clerks III, they now run their very own dispensary, since weed is authorized in New Jersey. Retailer Wars is mainly Spy vs. Spy. One other dispensary opens up throughout the road, and so they spend the entire film preventing and making an attempt to destroy each other. So, it is a stoner comedy, man, of the very best order, and I am joyful as hell.
Clerks III‘s characters largely consisted of returnees to the View Askewniverse, from Randall Graves, who debuted within the first two Clerks films, to Dante Hicks, the protagonist, who additionally confirmed up in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. As for Jay and Silent Bob, the pair’s story will probably be integral to their very own titular sequel.
Along with his description of the film’s plot, Smith additionally confirmed the film is presently casting. Whereas cameras have not began rolling, he says the 2 characters Jay and Silent Bob will probably be up towards are youthful weed dispensary house owners who they see as competitors. This leads to a battle as every group tries to destroy the others’ enterprise.
The battle between two pairs of stoners makes Jay and Silent Bob: Retailer Wars sound like a premise that’ll hold amplifying the wild stakes the characters ship and discover themselves dealing with. Whereas casting remains to be ongoing, this might additionally embody the return of some acquainted faces from earlier films within the View Askewniverse, relying on how occasions form up.
Jay and Silent Bob: Retailer Wars is only one of a number of films within the shared universe which have been thought of in recent times. This features a Mallrats follow-up performing as a tribute to unique star Shannen Doherty, who died in 2024, and concepts for a possible Dogma sequel. Nevertheless, neither mission has gone into growth, with Smith solely pitching concepts for them.
With the third Jay and Silent Bob film confirmed, the View Askewniverse will probably be persevering with with the core duo within the highlight. As for the way the story shapes up and who else could also be concerned, Smith is not gifting away some other particulars. However the premise alone is ripe for a comedic return for the title characters.