The ''True North'' trilogy is a series of

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films written and directed by

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. It consists of the films ''

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'' (2014), ''

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'' (2016), and the in-development ''Moose Jaws''.

Films

'' is based on a story from

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podcast. It stars

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and

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. The film premiered at the

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, before it was released on September 19, 2014, by

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. ''

'' is a spin-off of ''Tusk''. It stars Johnny Depp, alongside his daughter

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and Smith's daughter

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. Production began in August 2014. The film premiered at a midnight screening during the

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. Invincible Pictures acquired distribution rights to the film, and released it on September 2, 2016. The proposed third film in the trilogy, ''Moose Jaws'', has been described by Smith as "just '' Jaws'' with a moose." In June 2015,

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confirmed that he would be the lead in the film, following appearances in the other two offerings, and Smith said that his daughter and Lily-Rose Depp would reprise their roles from ''Yoga Hosers''. In January 2016, Smith confirmed that both

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would appear in ''Moose Jaws'', thus setting the entire trilogy in the

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, but in June 2020, he said that he had written the two characters out of the script. In 2017, Smith said that Johnny Depp would reprise his role as Guy LaPointe. In December 2022, Smith announced that

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had agreed to finance five new movies to be made by him, including ''Moose Jaws''.

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