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Tusk is a 2014 American horror comedy-drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith, based on a story from his SModcast podcast. The film stars Michael Parks, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment and Génesis Rodríguez. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, before it was released on September 19, 2014, byA24 Films. The film is intended to be the first in Smith's planned True North Trilogy.[2][3] Tusk was notable for being Kevin Smith's first major wide release since Cop Out, for featuring a much-talked about uncredited cameo by Johnny Depp, and for being a box office disappointment.
The idea for the movie came during the recording of SModcast 259 The Walrus and The Carpenter.[11] In the episode, Smith with his longtime friend and producerScott Mosier discussed an article featuring a Gumtree ad where a homeowner was offering a living situation free of charge, if the lodger agrees to dress as a walrus. The discussion went on from there, resulting in almost an hour of the episode being spent on reconstructing and telling a hypothetical story based on the ad. Smith then told his Twitter followers to tweet "#WalrusYes" if they wanted to see their hypothetical turned into a film, or "#WalrusNo" if they did not. A vast majority of Smith's following agreed that the film should be made.[10] The post on Gumtree was in fact a prank post by noted Brighton poet and prankster Chris Parkinson, a fan of Smith who then hoped he would get in touch with him so he could be involved in the film.[12] Smith eventually hired Parkinson as an associate producer in November.[13]
Smith wrote the 80-page screenplay while waiting for Bob Weinstein's approval of his Clerks III submission package. It was originally titled The Walrus & the Carpenter, but he changed it into a single-word title, saying he "knew what a movie about a walrus had to be called." The film is set in Bifrost, Manitoba.[14] The movie was originally going to be produced by Blumhouse, but due to Smith's expedited timeline for filming the two amicably parted ways.[15] Tusk was eventually financed by Demarest Films.[16] Smith had planned on premiering the film at Sundance 2014, but this was later changed to allow more time for the score to be completed.[14]
Smith was excited about making Tusk, saying "I wanted to right what I felt was the only wrong of Red State by scripting something with no religious or sexual politics that could grow up to be a weird little movie and not an indie film call-to-arms or a frustrated self-distribution manifesto. I just wanted to showcase Michael Parks in a fucked up story, where he could recite some Lewis Carroll and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to some poor motherfucker sewn into a realistic walrus costume."[17]Unlike Smith's previous film Red State, Tusk had a conventional theater release, with distribution handled by A24.[18]
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