Kevin Smith Joins As EP On Matt Walsh Movie ‘The Unexpecteds’, Sets October Release
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysEXCLUSIVE: Clerks and Dogma filmmaker Kevin Smith has boarded the Matt Walsh indie comedy action movie The Unexpecteds as an EP, with the title receiving an October 14 digital release via MVD Entertainment Group.
The Unexpecteds follows Gary (2x Emmy nominee Walsh) and his friends as they seek revenge against a social media influencer who scammed them out of their life savings. Directed and written byAlejandro Montoya Marin, the picwonthe Best Comedy Award at the third annualSmodcastle Film Festival.
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AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R16ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R26ekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeThe action-comedy also starsAlejandro De Hoyos(The Man From Toronto),Chelsea Rendon (Vida), Francisco Ramos(Gentefied),John Kaler(The Wrong Guy) and Jason Konopisos-Alvarez(Transformers: One).
Montoya Marin is known for being part ofRobert Rodriguez’soriginal TV seriesRebel Without a Crew. Alejandro De Hoyosproduced under hisAlta California Pictures. The Unexpecteds will be available for pre-sales on September 16.
EP de Hoyos says, “We are extremely honored to have Kevin as part of the team.”
De Hoyosis producing forAlta California Pictures,withKaler, Jasmin Espada, Jason Martinez, Walsh, Christina Gopal andPedro Panoserving as co-producers.
AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R1bekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#«R2bekkr8lb2m7nfddbH1» iframeSmith recently executive produced, edited and reprised his role as Silent Bob alongside Jason Mewes’ Jay in Logic’s feature directorial debut, Paradise Records, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Smith was in Cannes for the re-release of his 1999 controversial Catholic Matt Damon and Ben Affleck comedy Dogma, which saw its distribution rights untangled and put back in the creator’s hands via his View Askew Productions and Triple Media Film. Goodfellas has overseas rights on Dogma.
Smith is repped by Linden Entertainment and Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo.
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