Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:33AM - By traviswoods
Wow. Say what you will about the guy’s decision to auction off the distribution rights to his new horror film Red State to himself at Sundance, but you’ve got to give Kevin Smith one thing—if Red State is able to offend the Westboro Baptist Church (those lovely religious protestors of “God Hates F*gs, God Hates Israel, God Hates the Army, God Hates America” and more fame), he’s doing something right.
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Friday, February 11, 2011 1:35PM - By Mali Elfman
Giving back to those you mocked! If there’s one thing Kevin Smith is good at, it’s owning up to his past and makings amends (we’ll see how that goes with distributors for his next film). This time around he’s got to say sorry to the NYPD for his portrayal of them in his last film Cop Out. Smith announced today that he will be giving the New York Police Department tickets to attend the first date of his national Red State Tour at Radio City Music Hall on March 5, 2011.
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Friday, February 4, 2011 1:01PM - By Krystal Clark
Are you excited to see the most talked about film to come out of the Sundance Film Festival?! If so, this news is for you! Kevin Smith, the director and distributor of the upcoming horror flick Red State has announced the info for his Red State U.S.A. Tour. If you attend, not only will you see the movie, but you’ll also get to hear Smith speak afterwards. Does that sound like a plan? Check out the dates and locations below…
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Monday, January 24, 2011 1:39PM - By Brendan Walsh
Kevin Smith announced that he will be taking his new film Red State on the road to share with selected audiences before its official release on October 19, 2011. The tour will include live a Q&A with Smith and the film’s villainous star, Michael Parks. Smith is trying to implement a new means of movie distribution which cuts out the middleman and increases profit margin by relying on word of mouth hype rather than enormous advertising budgets. Check out the tour dates for the Red State U.S.A. Tour after the jump…
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Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:00PM - By Brendan Walsh
Update: Checkout ScreenCrave’s Red State Review, the live blog of the “sale” of the film, and news regarding the distribution of the movie by Kevin Smith himself!***
Tonight at the Sundance premier of Kevin Smith’s Red State, after weeks of hyping a public auction of distribution rights inside the theater immediately following the screening, with speculation floating around that the movie already had a deal lined up in advance, and criticism that it was all a big spin for the sake of publicity, Smith announced the big reveal himself: He’s not going to hand this film over to a distribution firm. Rather, he’s going to create a brand new branch of his own Smodcast network called Smodcast Pictures, and distribute the film without the help of a studio. This is a very, very big deal. Find out more about the story that allegedly sent Harvey Weinstein fuming out of the theater midway through the announcement, after the jump…
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Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:36PM - By Mali Elfman
***Also Update: Check out the live blog of the “sale” of the film, and news regarding the distribution of the movie by Kevin Smith himself!***
It’s here! Kevin Smith has kept his latest project under tight wraps (that is, unless you listen to his podcast or follow him on twitter, in which case you know more about it than 90% of press outlets), and everyone has been chomping at the bit to see Smith’s first Sundance offering since Clerks, almost twenty years ago. Well, we here at ScreenCrave managed to get coveted tickets to the premiere, and here is our knee jerk response to what we saw! Check it out after the jump…
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Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:29PM - By Brendan Walsh
Update:Video Added! Watch the event below…
Also Checkout ScreenCrave’s Red State Review, and news regarding the distribution of the movie by Kevin Smith himself!***
Holy Hell! We just finished the screening of Kevin Smith’s Red State, and was that a shocker! Now, immediately following the premier, he’s holding a public auction inside the sold out 1,200 seat Eccles Theater in Park City. While rumors abounded that the film had been sold well beforehand and that this was all a publicity stunt, Smith insists otherwise, and the auction will begin any moment now, live before we, lucky enough to get into the premier of his new film. To find out who won the rights to distribute the flick, check out the rest of the story after the jump…
UPDATE: Okay, we’re out of the theater now, and I’m going to touch this up a little bit so it’s more coherent. But the big story of the night…and maybe the festival…can be found at the end of the live blog, after the jump…
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:58PM - By Brendan Walsh
The Sundance Film Festival kicks off this Thursday in Park City, Utah! We here at ScreenCrave are sending a band of intrepid reporters and cinephiles to bring you the news, reviews, hype, and stories from the independent film world’s premier event! With a record number of submissions, and a festival lineup jam packed with the most promising and challenging features, shorts, and documentaries, how is one supposed to know what to be excited for? Well, don’t worry your pretty little head, because we’re here for you. Check out some of the films ScreenCrave is excited for, after the jump…
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Friday, December 3, 2010 3:43PM - By Krystal Clark
Update: Posters for The Father, Caleb, and The Sons have been released. Check them out now!
Kevin Smith has mixed promotion with charity for his upcoming film Red State. The director unveiled the first poster for the film after a group of generous fans pledged $1,000 to The Wayne Foundation in under 30 minutes. The foundation’s goal is to stop child rape and it’s led by former victim turned activist Jamie Walton. More on the cause and the poster below…
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