Kevin Smith Announces New Jay and Silent Job' Film and Drops Clerks 3 From Development.

Celebrated comic book aficionado Kevin Smith is best known for outrageous comedies like Mallrats, Clerks, and more recently, Tusk. However, on-screen he may be best known for his role as Silent Bob. In the latest news to break, director Kevin Smith has announced which film projects he's working on next.

Here's what Kevin Smith had to say towards his next film projects and why he's not moving forward with Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, or Dogma.

So I don't own Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy or Dogma... But I DO own Jay and Silent Bob. So while I love playing with someone else's new toys on The Flash and Supergirl, I'm getting eager to play with my old toys again in the inter-connected View Askewniverse I spent the first half of my career creating. And so all last month, I had the time of my life laughing while writing Jay and Silent Bob Reboot - a fun flick in which the Jersey boys have to go back to Hollywood to stop a brand new reboot of the old Bluntman & Chronic Movie they hated so much. It's a tongue-in-cheek, silly-ass satire that pokes fun at the movie business's recent re-do obsession, featuring an all-star cast of cameos and familiar faces! And I already met with the good folks at Miramax and they're into it, so I'm hoping we'll be shooting in the summer! Never give up, kids. You CAN do anything you want in life, so long as you're patient and malleable."

Some fans may be excited to hear of a new Jay And Silent Bob in the works while others may be disappointed to learn of Clerks 3 no longer in development. After so many years of hoping for Smith to make Clerks a trilogy, it's likely to never happen.

According to Smith, one of the four leads pulled out of the project at the last moment which is why Clerks 3 is no longer on the table. Smith then decided to sell the Clerks property along with Mallrats. Now, Smith is moving forward with the only property he still owns, Jay and Silent Bob.

Yes, Kids - Jay and Silent Bob are coming back! Here's the story: Sadly, Clerks III can't happen (one of our four leads opted out of the flick). So I worked on a Mallrats movie instead... which also didn't happen because it turned into a Mallrats series. I've pitched said sequel series to 6 different networks only to find no takers thus far. Mind you, I'm not complaining: nobody gets to make EVERYTHING they wanna make in this business (do they?). And I've been lucky to make anything at all, there's so much competition out there, so many much cooler ideas from fresh folks. And besides: I had Comic Book Men and then Tusk and Yoga Hosers (which all came together so crazy quickly), and the podcasts and Fatman On Batman. With all of that, how could I bitch about no Clerks III or Mallrats 2? Then when I started directing The CW shows, it was such a slice of Heaven on Earth, I happily put my Askewniverse sequels to the side. Since I sold Clerks and Mallrats years ago, they're owned by others, which limits my moves with my own material. I don't mind: back in the day, all I ever wanted to do was sell my stuff so I could be in the movie biz in the first place.

Regardless, Clerks 3 is off the table and so is Mallrats 2. Kevin Smith intended to develop a Mallrats series in place of a sequel but the series hasn't been picked up by a studio - which is a shame. So, the only film project on the table is a Jay And Silent Bob flick.