Jay & Silent Bob Rebootis helping usher in a new era of roadshow style movie distribution, with the quasi-sequel toJay and Silent Bob Strike Backplaying a 3-night only engagement before hitting various cities across the country. Rob Zombie’s3 From Hellis doing a similar launch. And to help get the point across, we’re going to be seeing a lot of specialized promos. Today, we have a new look atJay and Silent Bob Rebootthat takes on the themes ofAvengers: Endgamefor a wild new one-sheet poster featuring director, writer and star Kevin Smith alongside his hetero life mate Jason Mewes.
Kevin Smith and Jason Mewesare set against the now iconic purple and blue color scheme of the official Marvel character posters released forAvengers: Endgamethis past summer. The pair stand ready in their superhero pose, with Jay bringing back a legendary prop fromJay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Yes, that is the Cock-Knocker hand originally worn by Mark Hamill in the previous movie, in which he played the on-screen villain of Bluntman and Chronic in a movie Jay and Silent Bob were trying to stop.
The story inJay and Silent Bob Rebootrecycles this exact idea for a story that will follow all the same beats, albeit with a major twist.Kevin Smith’s real-life daughter Harley Quinn Smithwill be playing the daughter Jay never knew he had. And together they will embark on a magical fun-filled trip to Hollywood that is loaded with plenty of surprise cameos from previousViewAskew moviesand other assorted friends of the filmmaker at large.
Kevin Smith is a notoriously huge fan of Marvel movies. And showered quite a bit of love onAvengers: Endgamewhen it arrived in theaters this past April. His own comedyMallRatswas featured inCaptain Marvelearlier in the year, and served as a key plot point in one of Stan Lee’s final cameos, which caused Smith to get a bit misty eyed in the theater.
It wouldn’t be surprising to see a few more themed posters forJay and Silent Bob Reboot. We can only image a poster spoofingThe Rise of Skywalkerwill be on the way, since this will surely have a plethora ofStar Warsjokes. Kevin Smith was even on the set ofThe Rise of Skywalkerbefore he shotJay and Silent Bob Reboot, so he has a few insider tips on the jokes he could be making.
For now, we’ll have to be content with thisJay and Silent Bob Rebootposter in the style ofAvengers: Endgame, which we got direct fromKevin Smith’s twitter. You can check out the full poster below.
