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Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Finally Greenlighted; ‘Hit Somebody’ To Come After
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Phelps & Kane

Kevin Smith‘s Red State is a project that has been known for a while, but has never had any luck in moving forward as a movie. Smith is obviously best known for his work in comedy and he has also done some drama in titles like Chasing Amy and Jersey Girl, but Red State promised to be very dark and not at all easy to sell to a mass audience, making it unappealing to financiers.

For a while it looked as if Red State would never be made; Smith moved on to direct Zack and Miri Make A Porno and most recently, Cop Out. At present time, the director was getting ready for his hockey movie with Sean William Scott, Hit Somebody, but it looks like that will have to wait now. In a message posted on his Twitter account, Kevin Smith has confirmed that Red State finally has that green light it’s been seeking for so long.

At the moment, this looks like this means that Red State will film first, and then Smith will go right to work on Hit Somebody before the vacation he’ll badly need at that point.

No one really knows anything about the movie yet. All that we do know is that it is inspired by Fred Phelps, a pastor known for his despicable hatred of homosexuals and his disgusting beliefs that tragedies like terrorist attacks and natural disasters are simply God punishing societies that support gay lifestyles. His hand was also involved in creating the slogans “God Hates Fags,” “Thank God for Dead Soldiers,” and “Priests Rape Boys.” A real delight to have at your pot luck dinner, as you might imagine.

Just looking at the man, if this is indeed “inspired” by his ways, I immediately caught a vision of the life-scarring Reverend Kane from Poltergeist II. And as you can see above, a simple Google search confirmed that I am not the only one seeing this. Thanks to Totally Looks Like for the side-by-side.

Here’s a description of Red State from Kevin Smith:

The movie’s called “˜Red State’ and it’s very much about that subject matter, that point of view and that position taken to the absolute extreme. It’s certainly not Phelps himself but it’s very much inspired by a Phelps figure,” revealed Smith. “And to me, too, the notion of using a Phelps-like character as a villain, as horrifying and scary as that guy can be, there’s even something more insidious than him that lurks out there in as much as a public or a government that allows it and that’s the other thing that I’m trying to examine in a big, big way. It’s weird because for a few months I’ve been saying “˜horror movie’ and technically it is, but it’s also not a very traditional horror movie in the sense that people have been asking me, “˜Is it a slasher movie? Is it like the Japanese horror flicks?’ It’d be much easier to just show it to them when I’m done and be like, “˜This is what I meant.’ At which point I’m sure there’ll be people saying, “˜This ain’t a horror movie!’ But to me, it is.

Details on who’s backing the movie and why things are suddenly “all systems go,” are fairly cryptic at the moment, but Smith has said that he’s “going home.” This could mean that he’s going back to the indie roots that brought him cult success with Clerks in 1994. It could also mean that the studio giving this semi-horror film a chance is The Weinstein Company, who have turned down Red State before, but have a strong past with Smith through Miramax.

[Source: via /Film]

5 Comments »

  1. I’m very intrigued to see Kevin Smith make a dark movie.

    Comment by scrotumbagmonkeyflicker — March 24, 2010 @ 8:26 am

  2. HA love the reverend Kane Comparison. Check out the Reverend Kane Nancy Pelosi Comparison…..Really Creepy
    http://www.skullbunnie.com/?p=32

    Comment by jon — March 24, 2010 @ 8:36 am

  3. I would love to see the script. He has mentioned numerous times that the extreme subject matter of the script made it difficult to sell but I wonder if it is just weak writing. I have high hope for this though, it is something that needs to be publicly addressed (homophobia and the whatnot).

    Whatever happens, one thing will always remain true. Priests do rape boys.

    Comment by Joseph — March 24, 2010 @ 9:48 am

  4. Nice title for this movie… typical lib jerkoff who thinks Phelps represents conservatives. There are probably 1,000 idiots in the whole country who agree with anything he has to say… speaking of priests and boys, anyone willing to look at Obama’s safe schools czar, Kevin Jennings, and his views on what men & boys should be doing together in schools?

    I think I’ll direct & write a movie called Blue State about a suburban douchebag who voted for Obama and now wonders why he’s unemployed, the county is bankrupt and he has to wait 3 months for a doctors appointment for his kids. It’s a documentary.

    Comment by Chris — March 25, 2010 @ 10:29 am

  5. I am not a fan of Obama in the least but to suggest the countries monetary issues are due to Obama policy is incredibly short sighted. He may be exacerbating the issue but this problem began a long time ago.

    Comment by Joseph — March 26, 2010 @ 10:59 am

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