Cincinnati Art Academy professor and Cincinnati local, Matt Hart, was surprised when he received messages on social media saying filmmaker Kevin Smith was looking for him.

Technically, Smith was looking for the rights to a song Hart wrote when he was a part of the '90s punk-rock band Squirtgun.

Smith is currently working on a reboot of his 2001 comedy, “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.” And when he revealed on Twitter that he was looking for members of the band, it wasn’t long before the internet worked its magic, and he obtained the rights to the song.

Hart wrote the song, “Social,” in his dorm room at Ball State University in 1989 when the band was still signed with Lookout Records.

At the time, Green Day was also signed with Lookout Records. And after being given a copy of the song, singer Billie Joe Armstrong passed it along to Smith and it soon appeared in the opening scene of his film, “Mallrats.”

After graduating from Warren Wilson College in North Carolina, Hart attended an art show in Cincinnati where he met a professor from the Cincinnati Art Academy.

After learning Hart had just received his masters in poetry, the professor asked Hart to interview at the academy. After a bit of prodding from his wife, he interviewed, got the job and has loved it ever since.

Hart and the other members of Squirtgun may also have the opportunity to re-record “Social” for the reboot’s soundtrack.