Lionsgate has requested Kevin Smith to make a sequel to his 2011 horror thriller

A pair months in the past, Kevin Smith introduced that he shall be making a sequel 2014 horror movie Tusk (watch it HERE) for the movie’s tenth anniversary, a sequel that he’s planning to name Tusk$. And that’s not the one horror sequel he has within the works. Slash Movie experiences that, throughout a Q&A at an Austin, Texas screening of Clerks III, Smith can also be going to be making a sequel to his 2011 horror debut Crimson State (watch that one HERE)! Crimson State 2 shall be taking place as a result of distributor Lionsgate (who additionally financed Clerks III) particularly requested that he make the sequel.

Smith mentioned, “(Lionsgate was) like, if we do that, would you do it once more? And I used to be like, yeah, in a heartbeat. […] I imply, clearly, Michael Parks is gone. Nevertheless it’s only a story of loopy folks with weapons and shit like that. So long as I may use John Goodman once more, I may make 100 f*cking Crimson States. And I’m like, let’s do it. So we’re gonna make one.“

Smith additionally defined why the primary Crimson State has been out of print for some time: “The great of us at Lionsgate, they put out Crimson State on DVD years in the past. And the deal lapsed, and the those that personal Crimson State, the 2 financiers, weren’t from the world of movie. One was from the world of style, one was a Canadian financier … So when Lionsgate reached out about renewing, they bought no response again from the copyright holders. I may inform them as a lot as I needed ’til I used to be blue within the face. Like, ‘No, renew it!’ However I didn’t personal it. They did. So it simply fell right into a spam folder and fell out of circulation. As a result of we did this film (Clerks III), we have been speaking to go residence video. [Lionsgate’s] like, ‘Hey man, how come you guys wouldn’t re-up Crimson State with us?’ And I used to be like, ‘They nonetheless didn’t get again to you?’ [Lionsgate] goes no, we’ve been making an attempt for years. So we put all of it again collectively.“

The primary Crimson State has the next synopsis:

Three attractive youngsters — Travis, Jarod, and Billy-Ray — can’t imagine their luck after they meet a girl on-line who says she needs to hook up with all three of them without delay. However the promise of intercourse is a lure, and the boys discover themselves within the palms of Abin Cooper, a lunatic preacher who spews a lot hatred that even neo-Nazis keep away. Cooper means to kill the trio for his or her sins, prompting a determined bid for escape.

The movie stars Michael Parks, John Goodman, Michael Angarano, Kyle Gallner, Nicholas Braun, Melissa Leo, Kerry Bishé, Stephen Root, Kevin Pollak, James Parks, Betty Aberlin, Anna Gunn, and Ralph Garman. Apparently Smith intends to carry Goodman again as ATF Particular Agent Joe Keenan for Crimson State 2.

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