Kevin Smith Has Exciting Plans for Dogma‘s Anniversary

Twenty-five years ago, at the tallness of his powers, Kevin Smith took connected God. After his biggest captious deed yet, Chasing Amy, Smith tackled his biggest movie to date, with a star-studded cast, astir a taxable that made galore radical angry: religion. The resulting film, Dogma, wasn’t a immense deed but has remained a favourite among Smith fans, and aft years of reddish tape, present Smith whitethorn yet beryllium capable to clasp the movie erstwhile again.

You see, Dogma was personally owned by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the second of whom is presently successful situation for rape. That made immoderate benignant of rerelease oregon streaming of Dogma precise difficult, but successful a caller interrogation with Smith, the writer-director claims determination mightiness beryllium airy astatine the extremity of the passageway for the film. Speaking to That Hashtag Show (via /Film), Smith revealed the Weinsteins sold the movie and its caller owners are funny successful getting it retired there.

“The movie has been bought distant from the feline that had it for years and whatnot,” Smith said. “The institution that bought it, we met with them a mates months ago. They were like, ‘Would you beryllium funny successful re-releasing it and touring it similar you did with your movies?’ I said ‘100 percent, are you kidding me? Touring a movie that I cognize radical like, and it’s sentimental and nostalgic? We’ll cleanable up.’ Right now, 2024 is our 25th day this year. November is erstwhile we came out. I deliberation 2025 it looks similar is erstwhile the question is going to hap there. Back connected location video, past backmost retired successful theaters, and I’ll circuit it.”

So determination you go. While it volition beryllium hard to bash thing for the existent 25th anniversary, which is successful November, Smith is eyeing 2025 arsenic the twelvemonth to bring Dogma backmost successful a large big way. He whitethorn adjacent research immoderate spinoffs, thing he’s been doing with his characters since the commencement of his career. “Maybe, astatine this point, sequels, TV versions, successful presumption of extending the story. Something we could ne'er bash before,” Smith said. “So exciting, man. And each those radical who worked successful it are inactive viable.”

Released November 12, 1999, Dogma follows 2 fallen angels, played by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who find a loophole successful Catholicism that allows them to get backmost into Heaven. The occupation is if they bash that, they volition beryllium God incorrect and thereby extremity existence. So it’s a contention betwixt the forces of Heaven and Hell to halt the angels. In summation to the Oscar-winning writers of Good Will Hunting, Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino, George Carlin, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman, and others were on for the ride. Not to notation Alanis Morissette arsenic God. The movie was arguable for respective reasons, mostly due to the fact that of however fast, loose, and humorous it was with religion. But now, decades later, that’s h2o nether the bridge. Smith is acceptable to bring Dogma backmost to the spotlight.

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