Tag: Kevin Smith
RED STATE Red Band Trailer and New Poster
Check out the red band trailer video and poster for “Red State,” Kevin Smith’s forthcoming indie horror starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Dermot Mulroney, Kyle Gallner, Michael Angarano, Stephen Root, Kevin Pollak and Melissa Leo and centers on a group of misfits who encounter extreme fundamentalism in Middle America.
Red State Hits VOD This September via Lionsgate
Lionsgate, a leading diversified global entertainment company, and SModcast Pictures announced today that they have partnered to create an innovative approach to distribute Kevin Smith’s controversial thriller Red State, announced Jim Packer, Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television and Digital Distribution, and SModcast’s Kevin Smith.
Under the terms of the arrangement, Lionsgate obtains the rights to distribute the title on all packaged media, Video-On-Demand (VOD), Subscription Video-On-Demand (SVOD), Electronic Sell-Through (EST) and Television in the United States, while SModcast has retained the theatrical distribution rights throughout the US. Under the guidance of marketing and distribution executive David Dinerstein, Smith’s self-distribution label SModcast Pictures and Lionsgate Films have devised a multi-tier release strategy unlike any independent film to date. The film is scheduled to release on multiple platforms this September followed by packaged media before the end of the year.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for Kevin Smith’s Hit Somebody?
Kevin Smith will try to convince both Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to appear on his next film Hit Somebody. And he “would even put a stick in Willis’(Bruce) hand!”
Kevin Patrick Smith, well known to viewers as Silent Bob, has been chatting to MTV about the work coming at once on his next (and last?) movie which is a hockey drama-comedy based on the song “Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)” by Warren Zevon. The song, which is about a hockey player renowned for his fighting on the ice rink, was co-written by Tuesdays With Morrie author Mitch Albom, who is co-working with Smith on the film. Smith lately announced that Nicholas Braun (acted in Red State) had been cast in the lead character of Buddy McCracken. At the Sundance premiere of ‘Red State”, Smith also revealed that ‘Hit Somebody” will be the last movie he ever directs.
Michael Angarano in Kevin Smith’s Hit Somebody
Kevin Smith is quite busy guy these days. We already learned that his upcoming movie Hit Somebody will feature a majority of the cast from Red State, and now we can add another Red State cast member to the list – Michael Angarano!
In an interview with MTV, actor actually revealed that Smith asked him during the Red State film shoot to “Learn how to skate and learn how to speak in a Russian accent” for a possible role in Hit Somebody.
So, that’s quite official, right?
The film will be set in the 1970s in the final days of old-time hockey, the World Hockey Association, and blood-splattered ice.
Kevin Smith Buys His Own Red State For Self-Distribution
Kevin Smith plans to release his new horror movie Red State himself. The writer-director announced that he himself would be distributing the film and promptly bought the rights to do so for $20at the film’s first public screening at the Eccles Theatre on Sunday night.
From the Eccles stage as part of a long and expletively laced speech after the movie ended during which he championed Harvey Weinstein (co-founder of Miramax Films) as an inspiration and mentor, Smith said
What we need to prove is that anyone can release a movie. Indie film isn’t dead, it just grew up. It is just indie film 2.0 now. In indie film 2.0, we don’t let them sell our movie, we sell our movie ourselves.”
Red State Character Poster #7: Mordechai
The seventh poster from Kevin Smith‘s first horror film Red State has arrived. The poster shows James Parks as “Mordechai”, one of the crazy clan members.
Here’s Sundance’s Red State synopsis: “Ever since Clerks (cowinner of the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival), Kevin Smith has been known for his sharp, subversive, comedic writing. He shifts from comedy to horror with Red State and aptly demonstrates that good writing transcends genre.
Red State begins by following three horny high-school boys who come across an online ad from an older woman looking for a gang bang. Boys being boys, they hit the road to satisfy their libidinal urges. But what begins as a fantasy takes a dark turn as they come face-to-face with a terrifying “holy” force with a fatal agenda.
Red State Character Poster #6: Sarah
Kevin Smith has released the sixth poster through an auction for his upcoming horror movie Red State, which features Melissa Leo’s character, Sarah.
Due in theaters next year, the film focuses on a group of rebels who fight against extreme fundamentalism in Middle America and will make you yell before it makes you laugh. With the film being totally indie, Smith used the internet for an open approach to promote the film. He already announced that Red State would be in the Sundance Film Festival in the non-competition section.
Red State Trailer – Mysterious Horror
Kevin Smith finished filming his mysterious movie Red State (in the works for ages) two months ago (according to his blog). To whet the whistle, Smith also released teaser posters and trailer. Smith’s exhilaration of the project, the outstanding cast (John Goodman, Melissa Leo, Kevin Pollak, and Anna Gunn) and provoking Baptist-horror theme lead to the question: Is this Kevin Smith’s come back? After the Dogma (a 1999 mumblecore with ideas) – the mixture of Smith’s messy preferences – comic books, drugs with a sly, expansive vision of the spiritual universe.
Three New Red State Posters
Three new posters from the upcoming Kevin Smith‘s horror film Red State, The Father, Caleb, and The Sons, have debuted online.
Synopsis: Ever since Clerks (cowinner of the Filmmakers Trophy at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival), Kevin Smith has been known for his sharp, subversive, comedic writing. He shifts from comedy to horror with Red State and aptly demonstrates that good writing transcends genre. Red State begins by following three horny high-school boys who come across an online ad from an older woman looking for a gang bang. Boys being boys, they hit the road to satisfy their libidinal urges.
