| True North trilogy | |
| Director: | Kevin Smith |
| Music: | Christopher Drake |
| Released: | Tusk (TIFF) (United States) Yoga Hosers (Sundance Film Festival) (United States) |
| Runtime: | 101 minutes (1) 88 minutes (2) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $3 million (Tusk) $5 million (Yoga Hosers) |
| Gross: | $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.
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]
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| Tusk | 45% (130 reviews)[21] | 55 (33 reviews)[22] |
| Yoga Hosers | 24% (62 reviews)[23] | 23 (17 reviews)[24] |