EXCLUSIVE: Jason Mewes Reveals Awesome Plot Of Directorial Debut

When you spend the majority of your life around a directing madman like pop-culture icon Kevin Smith, some of the creativity and skill is bound to rub off of you; which is exactly how long-time collaborator Jason Mewes found his way into directing his first feature film.

Mewes announced his directorial debut would be named Madness In The Method a month ago, and has now given The Music an overview of its plot.

“It’s set in an alternate universe and it’s about me trying to go out and get this serious role in a movie that’s the talk of the town, and the casting isn’t taking me serious,” Mewes reveals.

“I have a little chat with Kevin [Smith] and he says, ‘You’ve got to get method – you’ve got to let them know you’re serious.’

“In that interaction of trying to show the casting I can be serious I wind up killing him by mistake, and it goes on from there; a bunch of craziness happens, a couple of other murders. It’s an alternate universe, but it’s nice because it’s a touch based on reality.”

The plot was conceived by Mewes and London-based filmmaker and actor Dominic Burns, and fleshed out by Burns and Christopher Anastasi.

A number of notable actors have signed on as the film starts to take shape.

“For the LA shoot so far, we’ve had Danny Trejo, Kevin did a couple of scenes, Casper Van Dean, Dean Cain, and we have some other people, but I don’t believe their deals are done so I don’t want to jump ahead.

“I’m really psyched and feel really blessed because we don’t have a lot of money but we’ve really had some people agree to be a part of it because I’m directing and it’s my first thing and that’s been very sweet.

“We had Danny Trejo do it and he’s been working non-stop so we had to squeeze him in; we had him for only half a day because he’s so busy.”

After recently shooting for five days in LA, production of Madness In The Method is on hold until January 9 when Mewes will fly to London for three weeks.

In the interim, Mewes and Smith will tour their live podcast, Jay And Silent Bob Get Old around the US. Mewes will also visit Australia for Supanova in November.