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"Die Hard 4.0 actor Justin Long will reportedly star in Kevin Smith&amp;#039;s upcoming horror film Tusk. Red State&amp;#039;s Michael Parks is also said to be on board for the venture, which was inspired by the real-life story of an internet message board user who advertised for a roommate willing to dress as, and act like, a walrus.   &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s about a guy who turns another guy into a f**king human walrus,&amp;quot; Entertainment Weekly quotes Smith as saying.  &amp;quot;As weird as it is in my head when I talk about it, they finally sent me the costume designs by Robert Kurtzman, and I was like, &amp;#039;Holy s**t, it&amp;#039;s a monster movie, I had no idea&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;I thought I was making a kind of sister thriller to Red State. As soon as I saw the designs, I go, &amp;#039;Of course this is a monster movie and he&amp;#039;s Dr Frankenstein&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Smith has announced plans to retire from filmmaking, but is currently working on Clerks 3 to serve as his final directorial outing. Tusk is scheduled to begin shooting next month on a shoestring budget of around $2 million. Watch a trailer for Red State below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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