Kevin Smith's TUSK

AKA 'The Walrus Movie'

Kevin Smith and his distributor, A24, have just released the official poster and hashtag for his next film, Tusk.

Tusk is Smith's 11th feature and according to an early viewing, some are calling it his best yet. The 'some' being the guys at Big Shiny Robot.

The first 30 minutes of Kevin Smith's upcoming podcast inspired horror film Tusk was shown to a small public audience in Logan Utah on June 15, 2014. The lucky 100 or so at Deathray Comics for the live Smodco podcast Jay and Silent Bob Get Old got to see the first act of what very well could be the best film of Kevin Smith's career.

The film stars Michael Parks, a favorite actor in the Rodriguez/Tarantino world playing the stoicTexas Ranger Earl McGraw. Justin Long also stars, as 'the walrus'. Smith said he originally wanted Quentin Tarantino to play the part. Kinda bummed that didn't happen but Long definitely brings acting cred to the role. Here's what Big Shiny Robot said about Park's and Long's performances.

Michael Parks' is astounding. His performance left me with a cold chill down my spine. It is Parks' erudite character's punctuating dialogue that sells the dark maliciousness of his character, but the violence and deep madness of his character is told through his interactions with his victim, Justin Long.

At the beginning of the act Long's character is the closest thing to any of Smith's films prior to Red State. His character comes off as raunchy and willing to exploit any situation for