Kevin Smith had two reasons to celebrate yesterday; it was the one year anniversary of his near-fatal heart-attack – “I couldn’t help but feel relief when the “In Memoriam” montage ended and I wasn’t in it” – and as a result of surviving that scare he was “living it up“ on day one of production on the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, which he marked with this Instagram selfie featuring his slacker sidekick Jason Mewes, and View Askew regular Jason Lee.

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Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is a follow-up to 2001’s Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and will see the stoner duo returning to Hollywood as they attempt to prevent a reboot of the Bluntman and Chronic movie from Strike Back being made. It will reunite Smith with his pal Jason Mewes, along with a number of familiar faces through the View Askewniverse and new cameos “from the worlds of movies, TV, music, and podcasting.”

Saban Films will release the movie theatrically in the US, while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group will handle the overseas distribution.