Kevin Smith is seeking donations to fund his new horror film Red State after it was turned down by the Weinstein brothers
Kevin Smith, the director of Clerks, Chasing Amy and last year's Zack and Miri make a Porno, is planning to fund his next movie through donations from fans after failing to secure financing from more usual sources. Smith says he is looking into the possibility of setting up a website allowing members of the public to contribute towards the budget for Red State, a low budget horror flick about a group of misfits who encounter extreme fundamentalism in Middle America. Smith has said it is inspired by Fred Phelps, founder of the controversial militant anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas.
Interviewed on the Cinema Studies Student Union of the University of Toronto blog, Smith said he came up with the revolutionary funding concept following a suggestion from one of his followers on Twitter.
Kevin Smith, the director of Clerks, Chasing Amy and last year's Zack and Miri make a Porno, is planning to fund his next movie through donations from fans after failing to secure financing from more usual sources. Smith says he is looking into the possibility of setting up a website allowing members of the public to contribute towards the budget for Red State, a low budget horror flick about a group of misfits who encounter extreme fundamentalism in Middle America. Smith has said it is inspired by Fred Phelps, founder of the controversial militant anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas.
Interviewed on the Cinema Studies Student Union of the University of Toronto blog, Smith said he came up with the revolutionary funding concept following a suggestion from one of his followers on Twitter.
- 2/8/2010
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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