2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers

Having launched into a life of filmmaking with a seminal Sundance more than two decades back with Clerks (1994), while Park City is sacred grounds for Smith it’s not going to be an automatic invite for the filmmaker. Having visited the fest for Chasing Amy and more recently Red State (he also has producer creds for fest invited 2006’s small town gay bar and 2012’s Filly Brown). Production began all the way in August of 2014 on Yoga Hosers, so when it became a no-show at TIFF (where Tusk premiered) and where Johnny Depp’s Black Mass was in promo mode, the logical conclusion is this family affair might join Canuck film Turbo Kid in back-to-back Midnight section selections. While Tusk was a hard sell, this “sequel” could be a valuable acquisitions title for the predicted section if Depp’s Guy Lapointe character is afforded more time. Could this be a 2 for 1 type deal along with omnibus Holidays for Kevin Smith films?

Gist: The second part of Smith’s True North trilogy, this centers on 15-year-old yoga nuts Colleen Collette and Colleen McKenzie, who have an after-school job at a Manitoba convenience store called Eh-2-Zed. When an ancient evil rises from beneath Canada’s crust and releases an army of monsters as they threaten their big invitation to a senior party, the Colleens join forces with a legendary man-hunter from Montreal named Guy Lapointe.

Production Co./Producers: Starstream Entertainment’s Liz Destro (Life After Beth), Jordan Monsanto and Jennifer Schwalbach

Prediction: Park City at Midnight. Update: This was indeed announced as part of the section this past Monday.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. TBD (domestic). TBD (international)

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