Last year, Kevin Smith teased a Dogma sequel after regaining control of his classic 1999 comedy from Harvey Weinstein. In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, the filmmaker addressed the status of the movie and played into speculation about a potential plot, though nothing has been officially greenlit.
“Before I leave this best of all possible worlds, absolutely,” Smith said when asked if Dogma 2 will actually happen. He then noted it will be “much easier to get financed” than Moose Jaws, the final entry in his True North trilogy, which began with 2014’s Tusk and continued with 2016’s Yoga Hosers.
Smith was also asked whether Ben Affleck’s character, Bartleby, ended up in purgatory or Hell after the conclusion of the original movie.
“After Dogma came out, people would be like, ‘What happens to Bartleby and Loki at the end?’” he recalled. “And I was like, well, if you’re a touchy-feely Christian, you believe in forgiveness. But if you’re an old school Catholic like myself, they’re burning in hell. They broke the laws, and that’s what happens. There’s punishment there. So that plays into our follow-up.”
Related Video
In an interview with Consequence earlier this year, Smith revealed that the one thing he would change about Dogma is retroactively acknowledging the “rampant sexual abuse in the Catholic Church that we’ve learned about over the last 25 years.”
Enter our giveaway for a Dogma 25th anniversary edition 4K Steelbook or pick up your copy here.
