Kevin Smith beamed as he introduced his latest film, “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,” on the first night of his 65-city Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Roadshow tour in Asbury Park on Saturday. He whole countenance seemed to scream “snoogans!”
Smith, 49, stood alongside his friend and co-star, Jason Mewes, at the Paramount Theatre. He talked about his plans to return to the Quick Stop convenience store in Leonardo to film “Clerks III.” (He recently told NJ Advance Media the Jersey location would be non-negotiable.) Both that shelved project and “Mallrats II” found new life after Smith completed “Reboot,” which he filmed in New Orleans earlier this year (a lookalike building stood in for the Quick Stop).
But the cherry on top for fans arrived after the screening, when the director used the occasion to announce yet another new project.
“I spent a lot of time down at Quick Stop today because there’s an end unit on the building that’s completely empty,” Smith said, wearing his…
