True North trilogy

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True North trilogy
Directed by Kevin Smith
Written byKevin Smith
Produced by
  • Tusk
  • William D. Johnson
  • Sam Englebardt
  • Shannon McIntosh
  • David Greathouse
  • Yoga Hosers
  • Liz Destro
  • Jordan Monsanto
  • Jennifer Schwalbach
Starring
Music by Christopher Drake
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • A24 (1)
  • Invincible Pictures (2)
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 unreleased Moose Jaws.

Contents

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 stars 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]

The proposed third film in the trilogy, Moose Jaws, has been described by Smith as "just Jaws with a moose." [10] In June 2015, Harley Morenstein confirmed that he would be the lead in the film, following appearances in the other two offerings, [11] and Smith said that his daughter and Lily-Rose Depp would reprise their roles from Yoga Hosers. [12] In January 2016, Smith confirmed that both Jay and Silent Bob would appear in Moose Jaws, thus setting the entire trilogy in the View Askewniverse, [13] but in June 2020, he said that he had written the two characters out of the script. [14] In 2017, Smith said that Johnny Depp would reprise his role as Guy LaPointe. [15] In December 2022, Smith announced that Lionsgate had agreed to finance five new movies to be made by him, including Moose Jaws. [16]

Recurring cast

Actor/actressFilm
Tusk Yoga Hosers
Johnny Depp Guy LaPointe
Lily-Rose Depp Colleen Collette
Harley Quinn Smith Colleen McKenzie
Ralph Garman Detective GarminAndronicus Arcane
Justin Long Wallace BrytonYogi Bayer
Jason Mewes  Rogue Cop
Harley Morenstein Border AgentToilet Paper Man
Haley Joel Osment Teddy Craft Adrien Arcand
Genesis Rodriguez Ally LeonMs. Wicklund
Kevin Smith  Bratzi
Austin Butler  Hunter Calloway

Reception

Critical response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Tusk45% (130 reviews) [17] 55 (33 reviews) [18]
Yoga Hosers24% (62 reviews) [19] 23 (17 reviews) [20]

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. ↑ Smith, Kevin (January 15, 2016). "235: January 15, 2016". Hollywood Babble-On . Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ Scott, Ryan (December 28, 2022). "MOOSE JAWS: Kevin Smith's 'JAWS But With A Moose' Is Actually Happening". Fangoria . Archived from the original on November 23, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Tusk". Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster . Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Tusk". Metacritic . CBS . Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Yoga Hosers". Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster . Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Yoga Hosers". Metacritic . CBS . Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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