True North trilogy

True North trilogy
Directed byKevin Smith
Written byKevin Smith
Produced by
Tusk
  • William D. Johnson
  • Sam Englebardt
  • Shannon McIntosh
  • David Greathouse

Yoga Hosers

Moose Jaws

Starring
Music byChristopher Drake
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
Tusk
September 6, 2014 (2014-09-06) (TIFF)
September 19, 2014 (2014-09-19) (United States)
Yoga Hosers
January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24) (Sundance Film Festival)
September 2, 2016 (2016-09-02) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes (1)
88 minutes (2)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million (Tusk)
$5 million (Yoga Hosers)
Box office$1.8 million (Tusk)
$38,784 (Yoga Hosers)

The True North trilogy is a series of horror comedy films written and directed by Kevin Smith. It consists of the films Tusk (2014), Yoga Hosers (2016), and the upcoming Moose Jaws.

Films

Tusk is based on a story from Kevin Smith's SModcast podcast. It stars Michael Parks, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Johnny Depp and Genesis Rodriguez.[1] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, before it was released on September 19, 2014, by A24.[2][3]

Yoga Hosers is a spin-off of Tusk. It starred Johnny Depp alongside his daughter Lily-Rose Depp and Smith's daughter Harley Quinn Smith.[4] Production began in August 2014.[5]

The film premiered at a midnight screening during the Sundance Film Festival.[6][7] Invincible Pictures acquired distribution rights to the film, and released it on September 2, 2016.[8][9]

Moose Jaws is basically "Jaws with a moose".[10] In June 2015, Harley Morenstein of Epic Meal Time confirmed he will be the lead in the film, following an appearance in the other two offerings.[11] Also in June, Smith revealed that Harley Quinn Smith and Lily-Rose Depp will reprise their roles from Yoga Hosers.[12] In September 2015, Kevin Smith mentioned that his character Silent Bob will be eaten by the killer moose.[13] In 2017, Smith revealed that Johnny Depp would reprise his role as Guy LaPointe, and that the actor suggested that his character be eaten by a moose.[14]

In January 2016, Smith confirmed that Jay and Silent Bob will appear in Moose Jaws, setting the True North trilogy within the View Askewniverse.[15] In February 2016, Smith stated filming on Moose Jaws would start in July 2016 in Saskatchewan, Canada.[16] Smith later said filming was slated to begin in May 2016.[17] In June 2018 during a live recording of Smith's podcast Fatman on Batman, he said that he had secured funding for Moose Jaws.[18] In April 2020, while on Instagram talking about his finished first draft of Twilight of the Mallrats, Smith stated he is working on a new draft of Moose Jaws.[19] In June 2020, Smith revealed he removed Jay and Silent Bob from the latest draft of Moose Jaws.[20]

Recurring cast

Actor/actress Film
Tusk Yoga Hosers Moose Jaws
Johnny Depp Guy LaPointe
Lily-Rose Depp Colleen Collette
Harley Quinn Smith Colleen McKenzie
Ralph Garman Detective Garmin Andronicus Arcane Detective Garmin
Justin Long Wallace Bryton Yogi Bayer  
Jason Mewes   Rogue Cop  
Harley Morenstein Border Agent Toilet Paper Man Peter Ash
Haley Joel Osment Teddy Craft Adrien Arcand  
Genesis Rodriguez Ally Leon Ms. Wicklund Ally Leon
Kevin Smith   Bratzi  
Austin Butler   Hunter Calloway  

Reception

Critical response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Tusk 45% (130 reviews)[21] 55 (33 reviews)[22]
Yoga Hosers 24% (62 reviews)[23] 23 (17 reviews)[24]

References

  1. ^ Truitt, Brian. "Kevin Smith begins a Canuck trilogy with 'Tusk'". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ^ Vlessing, Etan (July 29, 2014). "Toronto: Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' to Get World Premiere". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  3. ^ "Kevin Smith's Tusk Gets September Release Date". ComingSoon.net. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  4. ^ Kit, Borys (August 19, 2014). "Kevin Smith and Johnny Depp Team for Action-Adventure 'Yoga Hosers' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  5. ^ "KevinSmith on Twitter". Twitter.
  6. ^ "SUNDANCE INSTITUTE COMPLETES FEATURE FILM LINEUP FOR 2016 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL". sundance.org. December 7, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  7. ^ "Yoga Hoses". Sundance Film Festival. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  8. ^ McNary, Dave (April 28, 2016). "Kevin Smith Sets 'Yoga Hosers' Theatrical Release, Tour". Variety. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  9. ^ "Yoga Hosers". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  10. ^ Joe Comicbook. "Kevin Smith To Make Moose Jaws Movie Where A Moose Eats A Little Kid". Comicbook.com. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  11. ^ Morenstein, Harley (June 17, 2015). "Couldn't really mention this before, but since it's now on IMDB I guess it's public knowledge. Kevin Smith asked me to be the lead in Moose Jaws. The conclusion to his Canadian Horror Trilogy". Facebook. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. ^ Smith, Kevin. "I love this so much. This is from the end credits of #YogaHosers. Get ready to face a monster moose, @harleyquinnnn_ & @lilyrose_depp!". Facebook. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  13. ^ Hamman, Cody (September 18, 2015). "Kevin Smith's Moose Jaws may be the end of the Silent Bob saga". JoBlo.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  14. ^ Fletcher, Rosie (February 21, 2017). "Kevin Smith's next movie sees Johnny Depp eaten by a moose - it's called Moose Jaws". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  15. ^ Smith, Kevin (January 15, 2016). "235: January 15, 2016". Hollywood Babble-On. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  16. ^ Smith, Kevin (February 24, 2016). "We start in July with #Mallrats sequel to follow in the fall (I thought we'd be doing #mallrats2 now but moose money manifested first)!". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  17. ^ Smith, Kevin (February 26, 2016). "239: February 26, 2016". Hollywood Babble-On. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  18. ^ Evangelista, Chris (June 5, 2018). "Kevin Smith Offers An Update On Horror Film 'Moose Jaws'". /Film. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  19. ^ "Kevin Smith Completes First Draft of Twilight of the Mallrats, Reveals Which Characters Will Return". Movies. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  20. ^ Squires, John. "Jay and Silent Bob Will No Longer Appear in Kevin Smith's Horror-Comedy Spoof 'Moose Jaws'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Tusk". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  22. ^ "Tusk". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  23. ^ "Yoga Hosers". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  24. ^ "Yoga Hosers". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved February 21, 2017.