If you’re a smodcast fan, you may have already heard the audio for Kevin Smith’s new psychological thriller Red State, premiering January 23 at the Sundance film festival this year. But now he’s graced us with some wicked visuals to go along with that Fred Phelps-like  psycho-preacher chanting.

Watch below:

Starring Michael Angarano, Kerry Bishe, Nicholas Braun, Kyle Gallner, John Goodman, Melissa Leo, Michael Parks, Kevin Pollak and Stephen Root, the film touts some good names, and by the looks of the trailer, some very different Kevin Smith territory.

The distribution rights to the film will be auctioned off at the Sundance this year, in an unconventional move only someone like Smith could concoct. 

Red State boasts a March 2011 release date, but until the film is picked up the release date isn’t certain. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for some fear of god!

Source: Smodcast.com

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Fanboy favorite writer/director Kevin Smith has been trying for nearly three years to get his horror film Red State financed, and it appears he’s finally accomplished his mission. According to his Twitter account, the foul-mouthed filmmaker is planning on going into production on Red State before his rumored hockey film Hit Somebody.

The movie’s plot is still a bit under wraps, but so far we know the story revolves around a preacher similar to Fred Phelps and “unlikable characters making horrible decisions.”

Here are some quotes from Smith through the years talking about Red State.

“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.”

“It’s not a really commercial film at all. It’s very bleak and very dark, and there’s no one to root for in the movie, so it’s a real film festival type of film, but it’s not the kind of movie you can take into multiplexes and do a bunch of business with.

“It is definitely a 180 from everything else we’ve done including Zack and Miri but at the same time, it’s not like a splatter film, it’s not like slasher balls-to-the-wall gore, it’s more unsettling and disturbing type of horror.”

It’s interesting that even though Cop Out wasn’t a breakout box office success, Smith has still found financing for this project. Something Smith has always done well is turn profits; usually he directs flicks with smaller budgets and makes them back (and then some) at the box office. While that strategy may not make for the most critically appealing films, turning a profit definitely makes the studios happy. It’ll be interesting to see if Smith can rejuvenate his career in a genre he’s never tackled before.

Smith also revealed he is still in the writing stage of Hit Somebody, the hockey film based on Warren Zevon’s song and potentially starring Seann William Scott. He claims he’ll begin production on that film after he wraps on Red State.

What do you all think about Smith’s potential as a horror director?

Sources: Ain’t It Cool News, Firstshowing, /Film

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Kevin Smith is one lucky homo sapien! He saw MI:III and The Dark Knight early, and here in mid-September of 2008 he’s already seen Zack Snyder’s Watchmen and J.J. Abrams Star Trek! I demand him to make me his friend!

While in Toronto this week he spoke to MTV and gave a glowing review of Chris Pine’s performance as a young Kirk. and had good words to say about Zoe Saldana as an equally young Uhura.

“It’s really strong,” said Smith. “[J.J. Abrams] was rejiggering the opening few scenes. It’s one of those things where you first heard about it and were like no they’re not going to redo ‘Star Trek’! And then you see the movie and you think, wow he did pull it off! He turned it into a viable renewed franchise.”

Who stood out among this new cast, I asked him. “Chris Pine is fantastic,” he gushed. “It is a star-making performance. From his first scene forward, this dude is not doing an impression of Shatner. He is doing young Kirk. He doesn’t have the slow delivery mannerisms of Shatner but it’s totally James T. Kirk, the bravado, the self-assuredness. It’s such a great performance. You can’t take your eyes off the guy. Anytime he’s not on the screen you’re waiting for him to get back. And the chick [Zoe Saldana] who plays Uhura is really great. They made Uhura really interesting.”

I’ll admit I haven’t seen one episode of Star Trek, however if the trailers for this are great then I will probably see this next May.

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