Kevin Smith Says Dogma Getting Theatrical Re-Release, Home Video Release

Kevin Smith’s Dogma is finally seeing the light of day again, with the controversial film getting a theatrical re-release and home video release. The 1999 satirical road trip comedy will be getting a return to theaters and new home video release, as revealed by Smith on That Hashtag Show.

“The movie’s been bought away from the guy that had it for years and whatnot,” Smith said (per Deadline). “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%, are you kidding me? Touring a movie that I know people like, and it’s sentimental and nostalgic? We’ll clean up.’”

He continued, “Right now, 2024 is our 25th anniversary, this year. 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.”

Dogma was owned by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, who financed and distributed the film through Miramax in its initial release. The movie was controversial for its Smith-trademark approach to comedy and satirical look at religion and specifically the Catholic church. It was famously protested by Catholic groups and denounced as blasphemy by the Catholic League, leading to Smith receiving a number of death threats.

Despite being profitable and well-received, the Weinsteins put it on the shelf due to its controversy and it has never received a streaming or digital release, with the last physical release taking place in 2008. The rights to the film were bought from Harvey Weinstein over the summer. Weinstein had at one point during his prodigious legal troubles contacted Smith about making a sequel and Smith declined.

Smith also noted that the new deal could potentially lead to “sequels, TV versions, in terms of extending the story. Something we could never do before. So, exciting man. And all those people who worked in it are still viable.”