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Randy Quaid and his wife Evi are taking their ‘star whackers’ saga to the screen after making a new film about the evil forces who have driven the couple out of Hollywood and the U.S.

The Quaids are fighting for refugee status in Canada after fleeing the U.S. following a series of bizarre run-ins with the law.

An arrest warrant for the couple was issued last year after the actor and his wife failed to show up in court to face charges of trespassing and vandalism after they were found living in the guest house of a property they formally owned. The pair claimed the house was illegally sold.

While battling for immigration status in late 2010, Brokeback Mountain star Quaid revealed he and his wife had fled to Canada to escape the “star whackers” who were preying on stars like him and Mel Gibson.

The actor has written a song about his mysterious enemies and now the couple have put together a docudrama chronicling its escape to Canada, according to the Globe and Mail newspaper.

The film, entitled Star Whackers, will screen on April 22, 2011 and loosely follows a plotline where shadowy forces are trying to murder Randy Quaid to steal his star power for themselves, according to CinemaBlend.com.

A statement from Evi Quaid reads, “For the first time I would like an audience reaction to my art as a work in progress, so I may understand its content through other eyes.”

The actor made the comment Tuesday as he entered his immigration and refugee board hearing in Vancouver, where he and his wife Evi were picked up last month on an outstanding warrant in the United States.

The pair quickly claimed refugee status and their hearings have been conducted amid their bizarre claims of being hunted by what they call “Hollywood star whackers.”

They say many of their friends have died under mysterious circumstances and believe they could be next on the hit list. Quaid is hoping to convince Canada’s Immigration and Refugee board that he and his wife are targeted by Hollywood killers and thereby accomplish what no other American has ever done in Canada: Gain refugee status.

“I feel good. If it wasn’t for Canada’s refugee laws my wife and I would be dead,” Quaid said before he entered court.

Quaid and his wife remain fugitives from a California court after the couple failed to appear last week for their arraignment on felony vandalism charges for the fourth time.

Randy Quaid is going through two hearings at Canada’s immigration board.

The first is to determine his refugee claim and the second is to determine whether he is admissible to Canada. At that hearing, immigration officials have submitted voluminous evidence of his alleged criminality in the United States. If found inadmissible, he faces deportation back to the United States.

His admissibility hearing has been postponed to Dec. 22.

In the meantime, Evi and Randy say they feel safe in Canada, which they believe is out of their would-be killers’ reach.

An immigration hearing to evaluate actor Randy Quaid’s request for refugee status in Canada was postponed Monday.

The case was moved to Nov. 23 after Quaid’s lawyer, Catherine Sas, told the immigration adjudicator Monday that she needed more time to review documents.

Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia, last month on outstanding U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges. The Quaids are wanted in Santa Barbara, California, where they missed a court hearing last week on felony vandalism charges – the third time in two weeks the couple failed to appear for their arraignment.

The couple’s failure to appear in court resulted in an arrest warrant being issued for Evi Quaid, who also forfeited $500,000 bail. The judge agreed to hold off on issuing a warrant for Randy Quaid’s arrest until Nov. 16 so he could attend Monday’s immigration proceeding, but decided Friday to forfeit his $500,000 bail.

“If the 16th comes and they’re not here, I’ll be asking that the bench warrant be released,” said Santa Barbara Deputy District Attorney Anthony Davis.

The lawyer for the Canada Border Service Agency, Jim Murray, told the hearing Monday that despite claims made in the California court, Quaid is able to leave Canada to attend the California court hearing.

Murray wanted adjudicator Leeann King to issue a public statement saying the board is not preventing Quaid from leaving to attend the California proceedings, but King refused, saying that was not the role of the board.

Outside the hearing room, Sas disagreed Quaid could go to California and return, saying his refugee claim would be prejudiced if he left the country.

“I have the security deposit which states the conditions of his release and it includes attending his admissibility hearing,” Sas said of the $9,900 bail Quaid posted to gain release in Canada.

The Quaids have been in Canada since mid-October, following their arrest in a posh Vancouver neighborhood. Evi, 47, can remain in Canada because her father is a Canadian citizen, which allows her to apply for citizenship.

During their first immigration hearing, the couple requested refugee status based on their belief that they were being persecuted by “Hollywood star whackers” and that their lives were in danger. They said they were afraid of Hollywood executives who they say may have contributed to the deaths of stars such as David Carradine and Heath Ledger, neither of which were ruled suspicious.

Quaid and his wife were charged in September after more than $5,000 in damage was found in a guest house of a Montecito, California, home they had previously owned. At the time of their arrest, deputies suspected the couple of illegally squatting in the guest house.

There are no guarantees the Quaids will show up on Nov. 16, other than they risk losing more bail collateral and getting arrested again.

But if they do, there are two judges who would like to see them – the one who will handle their arraignment on the vandalism charges, and another considering whether to issue a lengthy restraining order keeping them away from the family whose house the Quaids are accused of damaging.