'Yoga Hosers' - Kevin Smith Working on 'Tusk' Spin-Off

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Kevin Smith Says Weinsteins Passed on ‘Clerks 3,’ Plans ‘Tusk’ Spinoff Called ‘Yoga Hosers’

In a new interview, Kevin Smith offered updates on his upcoming projects. He’s currently in post-production on Tusk, a creepy tale based on a real-life news story, and that film has reportedly inspired a spin-off. Smith said two characters who appear in the film briefly will star in a new movie called Yoga Hosers, which is based on another story he discussed on his Smodcast.

Also, Smith said he took the script for Clerks 3 to Bob and Harvey Weinstein, but they passed on making the movie. The Weinsteins distributed the first two Clerks films but felt the proposed $6 million budget was too much. They’d distribute, though, if Smith raises the funds himself.

Smith spoke to Screen Daily (via The Playlist) about the projects, and here are the quotes.

On Clerks 3:

That’s probably a significant blow to the film, which Smith had long envisioned as a studio project. He’s incredibly resourceful, however, so it’s still likely we’ll see the film at some point. And possibly under the Weinstein banner.

On Yoga Hosers:

So what exactly is Yoga Hosers? The story was talked about in-depth on episode 288 of his Smodcast and the potential for a movie was covered in the Edmonton Journal in May. Smith also mentioned potentially turning this into a movie at the time, so this is more an update as opposed to new news. Basically, the story follows a yoga enthusiast accused of stealing a $1.2 million Persian artifact. The film would probably not be exactly about that, though. More likely it would be a story of people who love yoga stealing things. But that’s speculative. You can read more about the story at the Journal link.

Smith also has the Krampus film, Anti-Claus, in the works and who knows how many other projects. When we’ll see either Clerks 3 or Yoga Hosers is, then, a mystery, but one thing is for certain. Smith hasn’t retired as once thought. He said the following about his career: ”I am definitely not going to retire. I am only going to make films that only I could ever make or would ever make.”

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