Kevin Smith's DOGMA re-release (2025) 0

[Bosco685]

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Kevin Smith’s celebrated 1999 comedy, Dogma, will soon be re-released in theaters and made available on streaming for the first time, now that the director has finally secured the rights to the film after its one-time owner, Harvey Weinstein, held it “hostage” for years.

 

Smith confirmed the acquisition during a recent interview on The Hashtag Show, explaining that the rights had been bought off Weinstein recently, which allowed him to finally regain them. “The movie had been bought away from the guy that had it for years,” he said. “The company that bought it, we met with them a couple months ago. They were like, ‘Would you be interested in re-releasing it and touring it like you do with your movies?’ I said, ‘100 percent, are you kidding me? Touring a movie that I know people like, and it’s sentimental and nostalgic? We’ll clean up.’”

 

Smith then expanded on ideas of what he could do to celebrate the Ben Affleck and Matt Damon-starring film. “Right now, 2024 is [the movie’s] 25th anniversary. November is when we came out. So, I think 2025, it looks like, is when the movement’s going to happen there. Back on home video, then back out in theaters, and I’ll tour it and stuff like that.”

 

But it won’t end there — the Clerks director is also musing on ways to expand the Dogma universe with new media, including “sequels, TV versions, in terms of extending the story.” These projects may even involve original cast members. “[It’s] something we could never do before,” Smith said. “All those people who worked on it are still viable.”

 

For years, Smith has lamented that the film was being held hostage by the Weinsteins, who refused to sell it back to him. This past January, he explained at a live event that he even made a $1 million dollar offer to obtain the rights, but was turned down. During that time, he refused to be involved in anything related to Dogma on the basis that Harvey Weinstein had “any connectivity” to it.

  

[Dr Zen]

My favorite Kevin Smith movie.

[Gatsby77]

I saw this in the theater back in college as part of an epic 4-movie in-a-row marathon:

• Dogma
• Being John Malkovich
• Sleepy Hollow
• The World Is Not Enough

During Being John Malkovich, my buddy leans over to me and points out, "This is the second movie in a row where a guy randomly falls out of the sky into New Jersey."

[Ken Aldred]

It seems to be a polarising film, but I like it.

I’m not Catholic, but the themes and dialogue are still very engaging to me.

Edited Wednesday at 08:31 AM by Ken Aldred

[namisgr]

An enjoyable movie, but not my Kevin Smith favorite, despite this Jerz native enjoying all the local references and irreverences.  It's relatively timeless, and so should do okay on re-release for a new generation of younger moviegoers.

Edited Wednesday at 10:52 AM by namisgr

[Bosco685]

On 10/16/2024 at 6:49 AM, namisgr said:

An enjoyable movie, but not my Kevin Smith favorite, despite this Jerz native enjoying all the local references and irreverences.  It's relatively timeless, and so should do okay on re-release for a new generation of younger moviegoers.

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back or Chasing Amy for me on favorite Kevin Smith film. Though I also enjoy the original Clerks due to its representation of so many characteristics of people I knew from Staten Island, NY and many parts of New Jersey.

[Cat]

I loved this movie when it came out. I'm genuinely scared to watch it again, as I'm afraid what order, more 'worldly' me will think, and how I'll evaluate it. 

[Cat]

I should add that despite my trepidation it'll be good to see the wonderful George Carlin again. I never appreciated how special of a man he was at the time. 

[Skylath]

Icing on the cake would be if Arrow got their hands on this as their release of Mallrats was an absolute knockout. Really happy to see Dogma making it back into the public eye.

Edited Wednesday at 05:46 PM by Skylath