Breakdown

36 scenes · 9 story beats · 4 plot threads · 44 characters

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Logline: Jay and Silent Bob inadvertently sign away their names and rights to the new 'Bluntman and Chronic" movie, and must head to Hollywood to stop the film from being made.

Theme: The importance of family. Fatherhood.

Medium: Feature film

Credits: Kevin Smith

Act I

1.EXT. quick stop convenience store - dayStory Beat: Opening Image
2.INT. courtroom - DAY
3.INT. brodie's comic book store - dayStory Beat: Inciting Incident

Act II

4.INT. airport - day
5.INT. AIRPORT - elevators - DAY
6.EXT. AIRPORT - DAY
7.INT. todd's car - day
8.INT. church - day
9.EXT. parking lot - day
10.INT. mooby's - DAYStory Beat: B Story
11.EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY
12.EXT. justice's house - DAY
13.INT. JUSTICE'S HOUSE - DAYTheme: Explored
14.INT. JUSTICE'S HOUSE - milly's room - day
15.INT. JUSTICE'S HOUSE - DAY
16.EXT. JUSTICE'S HOUSE - DAYStory Beat: Fun and Games
17.INT. car - NIGHTTheme: Stated
18.EXT. road - DAY
19.INT. van - NIGHTStory Beat: MidpointTheme: Explored
20.EXT. VAN - NIGHT
21.INT. TODD'S CAR - NIGHT
22.EXT. construction lot - night
23.EXT. VAN - DAYTheme: Explored
24.INT. Convention center - DAYTheme: Stated
25.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - hallway - DAY
26.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - panel room - DAY
27.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - DAYStory Beat: Dark Night of the SoulTheme: Stated

Act III

28.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - hall - NIGHTStory Beat: Break Into ThreeTheme: Symbolized
29.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - auditorium - NIGHT
30.INT. bluntman's lair - night
31.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - AUDITORIUM - NIGHTTheme: Challenged
32.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - dressing room - NIGHT
33.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - AUDITORIUM - NIGHTStory Beat: Finale
34.EXT. CONVENTION CENTER - NIGHT
35.INT. CONVENTION CENTER - AUDITORIUM - NIGHTTheme: Explored
36.EXT. QUICK STOP CONVENIENCE STORE - DAYStory Beat: Final ImageTheme: Explored

Plot threads

Justice
- Jay sees Justice on the TV and sets out to find her.
- Justice faints upon seeing Jay.
- Justice tells Jay that she's married.
- Jay meets Justice's wife.
Jay & Millie
- Jay learns that he has a daughter.
- Jay meets his daughter.
- Milly demands to join Jay on the trip to Hollywood.
- Milly drugs Jay.
- Jay beats up a pedophile that was interested in Milly.
- Milly cries over never having known her father.
- Milly ditches Jay.
- Jay rescues Milly.
- Milly reveals her dream of meeting her dad.
- Jay and Milly part ways.
- Jay realizes that he wants to be a real dad to Milly,
- Jay helps Milly and her friends to be extras in the movie.
- Jay reveals to Milly that he's her father.
- Jay starts on his journey of becoming Milly's dad.
Todd
- Jay and Silent Bob meet Todd.
- Todd agrees to drive Jay and Silent Bob to Hollywood.
- Jay and Silent Bob gift Todd one of their special blunts.
- Todd gets arrested.
- Jay and Silent Bob give Todd a bad review.
- Todd shows up, furious.
- Jay and Silent Bob use Todd's car to search for the girls.
Shan Yu
- Jay and Silent Bob meet Shan Yu.
- Milly reveals Shan Yu's passion for "Bluntman and Chronic".
- The girls decide to try and be extras in the reboot to fulfill Shan Yu's dream.
- Shan Yu's true identity is revealed.
- Shan Yu describes her mission and threatens to kill Kevin Smith.

Characters

Jay46 · White · Male · FatherWhat does your character want?: To stop the making of a film, made by the production company that bamboozled him and Silent Bob into signing away their name rights.How will your character attempt to get it?: Travel to Hollywood and stop the filming of the final scene at Chronic Con.What does your character need?: Find purpose beyond himself.How will your character realize it?: Find out he has a daughter and realize that being a good dad should be his prioirty.
Silent Bob49 · White · Male · Sidekick(Ally)
Milly17 · White · Female · Femme FataleGrowing up without a father figure has been hard for Milly. She knows she's nothing like her mother and wishes she could meet you real dad.What does your character want?: To get her friend Shan Yu to Chronic-Con at whatever cost.How will your character attempt to get it?: Lie, cheat and threaten Jay and Silent Bob.What does your character need?: Stop trying to be a father figure to her other fatherless friends and accept that she needs the same as they do.How will your character realize it?: Her misadventures with Jay.
JusticeWhite · Female · Mother
Todd MerkinskiWhite · Male
Shan YuAsian · Female · Child: Magical
Brandon St. Randy41 · White · Male · Trickster

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