Last month, Kevin Smith’s “Dogma” was announced to finally be getting a 4k release after another company purchased the distribution rights from Miramax, making it also available to stream for the first time ever.
Smith noted “Dogma” being “liberated” from its previous owners meant that a sequel was now a real possibility. He wasn’t joking. It sounds like Smith is dead serious in expanding the Dogma-verse.
On Sunday, at Vulture Festival, Smith revealed that he was indeed working on a sequel to “Dogma,” and not just that, he sounded very confident that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon would be back to reprise their original roles as fallen angels Bartleby and Loki.
“Some people will be like, ‘Don’t f—ing touch it. You’ll ruin it,'” said Smith. “And I’m here to tell you: I will. I’m f—ing tickled. I found a way in.”
Smith added, “Expect a cameo from [Affleck and Damon]— more than a f—ing cameo. The only way we get a “Dogma” sequel made is if they’re there. So count on those guys being there.”
“Dogma” recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. The film starred Affleck and Damon as angels traveling to New Jersey in search of a loophole that will get them back to heaven. The film had a stacked ensemble which also included Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes and and Alanis Morissette as God.
Smith’s brand of slacker comedy was all the rage in the ‘90s with the filmmaker practically becoming the spokesperson for dick jokes and a misfit generation of geeky basement dwellers with such films as “Clerks,” “Chasing Amy,” and “Mallrats.” These last 20 years, Smith has mostly been directing B-movies. and low-rent Hollywood vehicles (“Yoga Hosers,” “Red State” “Tusk,” “Cop Out,” “Clerks III”).