“One high-profile title hunting for a buyer is Smith’s fundamentalism-skewewing horror pic “Red State”. Festgoers will be curious to see whether Smith follows through on his suggestion in an earlier podcast that, were “Red State” to play at Sundance, he would publicly hand-pick the distributor right on the spot (“Might even bring up a professional auctioneer to make it fun and unintelligible,” he said.)

/Film hints that some of the cast and crew may be in town for the film’s premiere. No further details have yet been announced as far as a screening date or theater, but we’ll be sure to reveal that as soon as we can, for those of you lucky enough to be attending the festival. Maybe we can find a way to get you inside info to get you in the door. It will easily sell out and be a tough ticket, as Kevin’s films debuting at festivals have always been extremely popular.

Here’s Sundance’s official logline for “Red State”:

Red State / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Kevin Smith) – A group of misfits encounter extreme fundamentalism in Middle America. Cast: Michael Parks, Michael Angarano, Kyle Gallner, John Goodman, Melissa Leo.

If you’re curious to learn about the other films just announced, /Film has done an excellent summary of everything and so has GeekTyrant.

Director Richard Kelly’s seen the film, and his quote reminds us of those we read from the rare few who Kevin shocked by passing the script on to them back when it was written. Check THIS out again courtesy /Film:

“I have never seen a filmmaker reinvent himself the way you just have. I won’t say anything else because I don’t want to spoil anything. It’s really really exciting. If the movie ends up playing at Sundance, I might actually come up to just see the audience’s response. I can not wait…”

Nice, right?

A few final notes: Kevin reveals that we’ll get our first look at John Goodman’s character in the next issue of the UK’s Empire Magazine. Get those scanners ready for us, UK’ers. Keep up with the latest happenings via the “Red State of the Union” podcast which Kevin promises will NOT come close to spoiling anything about the film. Not even close.

Huge congrats to Kevin and the entire cast and crew on this major achievement. Now, on to distribution and a theatrical release date.