For the first time since 2008, a movie written and directed by Kevin Smith is getting traditional theatrical distribution via a studio after A24 and Demarest Films teamed to acquired the rights to Tusk.The film, which stars Justin Long and Haley Joel Osment, was born out of one of Smith’s SModcasts. It will be released in the third quarter of 2014, says Deadline.Kevin Smith’s last two feature films, Red State and Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie, have both toured the country in a weird release pattern where fans could only see the movies if they bought tickets to a Q&A with Smith and other members of the cast and crew afterwards. His most recent wide theatrical release was 2010’s Cop Out, which he merely directed as a work-for-hire gig at Warner Bros. and did not write. The last time a movie he wrote and directed was in theaters, it was Zack and Miri Make a Porno in 2008.
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