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John Gulager's 2005 goopy horror/comedy flick "Feast" was the resulting film wrought by season three of "Project Greenlight." For those unfamiliar with "Project Greenlight," it was a documentary series on HBO (previously on Bravo in 2005) overseen by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Each season, the two stars would host a screenwriting competition, seeking the best scripts they could find from amateur or unproven authors. The winner would then see their script made into a feature film. Sometimes the writer would direct their own film, sometimes a first-time filmmaker would be paired with the screenplay. "Project Greenlight" then followed the filmmaking process, from casting through final editing, detailing the way a low-budget film is made. The finished movies each got limited theatrical runs.

The idea behind "Project Greenlight" was to offer aspiring filmmakers their "big break," adding new voices to the filmmaking community. It's a neat idea, although the films...

Recently, Kevin Smith opened up about whether he had any major regrets in his 30-plus years making movies, and his answer was—expectedly—not making Superman Lives. While the DC Universe is littered with scrapped film and television projects, none are more infamous. The unmade film would have starred Nicolas Cage as the Man of Steel, and one of the candidates to direct was Robert Rodriguez. Notably, the film suffered a lot of production setbacks, including multiple changes in directing and writing staff. This ultimately affected Smith himself when new project director Tim Burton chose Wesley Strick to replace him.

Nearly three decades later, Smith still speaks of Superman Lives as a great what-if. He explained: "If I could make anything that didn't happen, happen, I think it would be that." He then clarified that he felt this was largely "because [he] didn't have the pressure of directing the movie" himself.

On today’s Crew Call we sit down with Logic aka Sir Robert Bryson Hall II (Sir is reportedly part of his birth name) who rose from the hard-scrabbled environs of Gaithersburg, Maryland from a family wrestling with crime and addiction to become a multi-platinum rapper with albums such as 2014’s “Under Pressure” and 2015’s “The Incredible True Story”.

Despite selling out arenas, and raking in millions, Logic had to scratch that itch for filmmaking. In fact his younger self became passionate about cinema and hip hop after watching Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1; that movie’s scored produced by RZA, a member of Wu-Tang Clan. (The title of Logic’s seventh mixtape “Bobby Tarantino III” in 2021 is a nod to the Pulp Fiction director).

Tramayne Hudson and Logic in ‘Paradise Records’ Tribeca

One of the first cinematic mentors to reach out to Logic was none other than...

In 1999, the religious world was rocked by Dogma, the most ambitious film yet from writer and director Kevin Smith following Clerks, Mallrats, and Chasing Amy, each of which he also featured in as Silent Bob alongside the verbose and foul-mouthed Jay (played by longtime friend Jason Mewes). With a star-studded cast including Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as angels cast out of heaven, Linda Fiorentino as an abortion clinic worker who turns out to be a scion of Jesus, George Carlin as a cynical cardinal, Chris Rock as an unknown 13th apostle,...

Lord have mercy! With an anticipated re-release around the corner for the film’s 25th anniversary, Kevin Smith is full of surprises regarding his 1999 comedy classic Dogma. Considered by many to be one of Smith’s most excellent films (my wife loves this movie), Dogma skirts the line between blasphemy, sinful comedy, and clever observation that could sway someone teetering on the edge of re-evaluating their allegiances to a higher power. Speaking with Smith for an upcoming interview, JoBlo’s Tyler Nichols inquired about plans for Dogma’s re-release on physical media. Smith answered by blessing us with confirmation about a 4K Steelbook release for Dogma in the coming months (watch the clip above!).

Smith says he’s working closely with a “popular physical media distributor” to get a 4K Steelbook version of Dogma ready for a December release. He says the 4K restoration of the comedy that makes some Catholics cringe looks fantastic,...

This weekend, Kevin Smith’s satirical religious masterpiece, Dogma, celebrates a limited return to cinemas more than two decades after its initial release. History repeated itself for the director and his prized title just last month when it screened at the Cannes Film Festival, where it celebrated its world premiere 26 years ago. Both times it was met with a standing ovation, but this time it felt different for Smith, who says the second go-around further inspired him to push forward with the movie’s previously announced follow-up.

In an interview with Deadline following his returning Cannes success, the mind behind the View Askewniverse opened up about where he was in the process for the sequel and gave away some other tantalizing details about which characters he’s planning to include.

Describing the first step in his writing process as “whimsying,” Smith explained,

“I’ve been whimsying about it for the last six months,...

More than 25 years, four popes and a near-death experience later, Kevin Smith has never felt more inspired to revisit his 1999 religious satire Dogma.

Following the film’s “sweet victory lap” at the 78th Cannes Film Festival last month, where a screening of the film was met with a seven-minute ovation, the multi-hyphenate told Deadline, he wants to return to the festival by 2028 with a “Cannes-worthy” sequel.

“What I didn’t realize is, I would get there and I’d get bit by the bug again, and I’d be seeing all these places, these haunts from my childhood, from my 20s, so to speak, from the three times I was there when I was a kid,” explained Smith. “And suddenly, I was like, ‘Why is it that you assume that the Cannes-worthy portion of your life is over? You never even expected it to begin in the first place. It...

Recently Kevin Smith, who turns 55 later this summer, was reflecting on one of his greatest filmmaking challenges.

“I’ve been doing this 31 years now,” he said, “and the culture should have been done with me a long time ago. But I’m not done with it, and so I keep, you know, foisting myself on the culture over and over again. So, it’s always this battle for relevancy that you’re always kind of hoping is on your side. But you know the longer you’ve been around, the longer in the tooth you get, and it gets harder and harder to find that relevancy.”

The reason for the interview was the theatrical re-release of Dogma, which returns to the big screen on June 5th in honor of its (not really) 25th anniversary. Smith has been touring this remastered version, now being presented in 4K, and even screened the film in Cannes,...

Television history is filled with plenty of infamous flops that barely made it to air before the networks gave them the chop: 2012 crossdressing series “Work It,” a 2007 musical drama “Viva Laughin” that the New York Times referred to as possibly “the worst show in the history of television,” and the 1990 British sitcom about Hitler “Heil Honey, I’m Home.” 25 years ago, an animated series adaptation of Kevin Smith’s 1994 cult film “Clerks” joined that dubious club — and seemed cheerfully aware of its fate the entire time.

In the pilot episode of the ABC adult animated sitcom, which remarkably was not one of the two episodes that were broadcast before the show got canceled and burned off over at Comedy Central, the lead characters Dante and Randal (voiced by Brian O’Halloran and Jeff Anderson) watch an episode of “The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer” — “America’s #1 sitcom,” as they put it. A...

When you think of an ideal soldier, you probably picture someone like Captain America — a regimented, disciplined, muscular person fighting for justice. It’s much less likely that you think of two weed-dealing slackers who spend most of their time chilling in front of a New Jersey convenience store. Nonetheless, Jay and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes) were recently added as playable characters in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone.

According to both Smith and Mewes, who joined me for separate interviews via Zoom, the pairing of these characters and Call of Duty is perfectly natural, especially as part of the game’s 4/20 promotion, which has previously enlisted the likes Cheech and Chong. The two were also happy to discuss how their own Irl friendship compares to that of Jay and Silent Bob’s and what other video games they’d like to see their characters in.

Exclusive: Goodfellas is getting behind Kevin Smith’s mission to theatrically re-release his controversial 1999 religious satire Dogma, starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as fallen angels, after a tumultuous launch first time round.

The maverick Paris-based sales company has acquired international rights to the remastered 4K edition of the film, which is screening in the Cannes Film Festival’s Cannes Classics sidebar this year.

The Cannes splash follows Smith’s announcement last October that he had gotten the rights back to the movie which had been out of his hands since the initial release. This acquisition was made by Triple Media Film in partnership with View Askew Productions.

Under the care of Triple Media Film, the film is fully remastered in 4K, and was supervised by Oscar-nominated director of photography Robert Yeoman, who was the cinematographer on Dogma, ahead of going to work on multiple films with Wes Anderson including The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Praise be to Buddy Christ, because Kevin Smith’s Dogma is going to France. Kevin Smith’s acclaimed religious satire will be playing at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as an official selection in the Cannes Classics situation, screening May 22nd at the Palais des Festivals.

Dogma screened out of competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, before its theatrical release later that year. Now, its arrival at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival comes during the movie’s ongoing Resurrection Tour, which began on Easter Sunday in Los Angeles and sold out its 20-city tour in the first 24 hours, with additional shows being added in every market.

“Sold out screenings, standing ovations, and now Cannes? This is beyond divine,” Kevin Smith said in a statement. “To see Dogma honored as a Cannes Classic is a true blessing… We made this movie with humor, heresy and a hell of a lot of heart. And somehow,...

When Kevin Smith shot "Clerks" for $27,575, he'd received a small amount of film school training but was a babe in the woods when it came to the crucial aspect of directing actors. It shows in the movie, which is so stiffly performed that I've never been able to connect to it. The screenplay is undeniably hilarious and wise in the ways of the workaday convenience store world, but Smith's actors seem so oddly strangled. It's not the kind of acting you get in a poorly rehearsed community theater production where you can see the actors struggling to remember their lines; it's more like you're watching people who've been unnaturally directed. Their performances are really those of their director, not their own.

The off performances in "Clerks" and "Mallrats" began to make sense years later when I heard that Smith had a penchant for committing the cardinal sin of directing. Be it theater,...

For the longest time, word about what might be happening with the 1999 Kevin Smith opus "Dogma" was nil. Trapped in the clutches of the Weinstein Brothers, it seemed that the original movie was likely to never be re-released in theaters or on physical or streaming media, never mind the long-rumored sequel coming to pass. Fortunately, thanks to the efforts of Iconic Events and others, Smith has regained control of the film and as such, has embarked on a massive multi-city tour, showing a spiffy new restoration of the movie as well as appearing in super-sized post-screening Q&a sessions. Both this writer and /Film's Ethan Anderton were lucky to attend a couple of these screenings, and got to hear some fascinating tales about the making of "Dogma" and its resurrection.

Although Smith mentioned at both screenings that he is currently working on a proper "Dogma" sequel, it was at the...

Forget the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the View Askewniverse is where it’s at. From the mind of director, actor, producer, and podcaster Kevin Smith, what started with the iconic 1994 film Clerks has branched out into nine feature-length movies, comics, and even video games. And soon, fans will be welcomed back to the fold courtesy of the third installment of Smith’s comic series, Quick Stops. Collider is excited to not only exclusively break the news about the latest set of the black-and-white anthology project, but also give viewers a first look at some of its gorgeous artwork. This one is for all the Askewniverse fans out there, with each issue offering another chapter to those who long for a continuation of stories from the movies Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Mallrats, with Smith also framing one as a way to pay homage to his late friend and Mallrats star, Shannen Doherty.

"Two tickets to New Jersey, please." The two fallen angels are back! Kevin Smith has revealed a brand new trailer for the 25th Anniversary of Dogma, his celebrated religious comedy classic that first opened in 1999. I remember hearing about this movie growing up because it was so edgy and provocative, and the religious world didn't want anyone to watch it. Dogma is being re-released in theaters this June in the middle of the summer with a new 4K restoration, along with a nationwide screening tour featuring Kevin Smith + special guests (starting April 20 in LA). Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them. The ensemble cast features Ben Affleck & Matt Damon as Bartleby & Loki,...

Dogma, the 1999 fantasy comedy film from Kevin Smith, will return to theaters this year for a special 25th anniversary release.

AMC Theatres and Iconic Events Releasing are teaming up for the limited release, which will tour through 25 cities in the US beginning on June 5th. Newly remastered in 4K and featuring an exclusive behind-the-scenes Q&a with Smith, the new anniversary release arrives after Smith regained the rights to Dogma from former owner and producer Harvey Weinstein. Smith will kick off the celebration with a special screening of Dogma at The Grove in Los Angeles on Easter Sunday, April 20th.

Widely released on November 12th, 1999, Dogma served as Smith’s fourth feature film and starred Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as fallen angels seeking to return to heaven via a loophole in the Catholic doctrine. Also starring Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee, George Carlin, Janeane Garofolo, and Alanis Morissette,...

A few months ago, writer/director Kevin Smith confirmed that his 1999 film Dogma, which he had said was being “held hostage” by the infamous Harvey Weinstein for years, has been “bought away” from that guy by a company that was interested in having Smith take it on tour in theatres around the country. Now, we know which company has purchased Dogma – it’s Iconic Events – and they have announced that they’re giving the film a theatrical re-release to celebrate its 25th anniversary! (Or 26th.) And yes, they’re also having Kevin Smith tour with it. A trailer, which you can watch in the embed above, has dropped online to let us know that the re-release is officially scheduled for June 5th – but Smith will be touring the film ahead of that date!

Variety informs us that Smith will kick off the tour with a screening of Dogma at “the...

Dogma is coming back to theaters to celebrate a major milestone. Twenty-five years after it was seen on the big screen for the first time, the satire directed by Kevin Smithis making a comeback, giving viewers who didn't catch it in theaters an opportunity to experience the comedy as it was meant to. The re-release organized by AMC Theaters and Iconic Events Releasing will begin on June 5. Twenty-five cities have been selected to host new screenings of Dogma, with San Diego, New York City and Orlando being some of the places that will participate in the celebration.

Dogma tells the story of Bartleby (Ben Affleck) and Loki (Matt Damon). The fallen angels are banished from Heaven after a series of irresponsible decisions cause God (Alanis Morrissette) to send them away. The protagonists come up with a plan to return to Heaven that involves signing up at the Cardinal Ignatius Glick's (George Carlin) church.

Praise be.

Kevin Smith’s “Dogma” is headed back into theaters this summer.

Smith is partnering with Iconic Events for a nationwide screening of a 4K restoration of his long-unavailable religious satire on June 5, as part of its 25th anniversary. Dubbed “”Dogma: Resurrected, A 25th Anniversary Celebration,” the screening will serve as the culmination of a live tour that will see Smith stopping in various cities, screening the film and hosting live Q&As. The tour begins at The Grove in Los Angeles on Easter Sunday, April 20.

Other stops on the tour include San Diego, Phoenix, Seattle, Minneapolos, Chicago, Kansas City, Dallas, Boston, New York City and Philadelphia, before wrapping up at Smith’s own movie theater – Smodcastle Cinemas in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.

“Bless me, Father — for I have cinema! God bless Iconic Events for granting my fourth (and perhaps best) film a religious re-release! Praise the Lord and...

The 25th anniversary theatrical release of Kevin Smith’s religious satire Dogma, which starred Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, has been set for June 5.

AMC Theatres and Iconic Events Releasing plan a national tour in 25 cities for the limited release after Smith regained the rights to Dogma from one-time owner and producer Harvey Weinstein. Smith, a writer, director and Silent Bob actor, did multiple films under Weinstein’s Miramax banner, including both Clerks films, Mall Rats, Chasing Amy and Dogma.

Dogma, which was first released in 1999, follows Affleck and Damon as fallen angels who discover a loophole in Catholic doctrine that could allow a return to Heaven. But they face unlikely heroes, including a faith-struggling woman (Linda Fiorentino), the erased 13th Apostle (Chris Rock), Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) to prevent the apocalypse.

Smith will kick off the 25th anniversary theatrical tour for his subversive take on...

Filmmaker Kevin Smith’sDogma has become a cult classic since its release in 1999, and lately there’s been buzz about a sequel to the movie that starred Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as two angels who were banished from heaven. The Dogma writer-director further fueled the fire of the Dogma 2 rumors in a recent post on Threads that featured a picture of himself in front of the church where some of the film’s scenes were shot.

His post from Feb. 11 read: “We shot Dogma here 26 years ago, at the Saints Peter and Paul Church in the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh! [Alan Rickman] and [George Carlin] (and my Dad) all stood on the steps of this cinematically sacred place back then, whilst they lived. And this year, we’re gonna honor all of ‘em… when we resurrect Dogma! More info very soon, Parishioners!”

Post by @thatkevinsmith View on Threads...

Nine years after the original film's premiere, The Accountant 2 hopes to bank greater success than its polarizing predecessor. The upcoming sequel starring Jon Bernthal and Ben Affleck ramps up anticipation with new images previewing the intense action.

Via Vanity Fair, newly released photos from The Accountant 2 set see Bernthal and Affleck's characters in contrasting settings, from lounging outside together to running into a location with big guns ready to strike. The duo again play brothers in the sequel, with Affleck portraying autistic accountant Christian Wolff and Bernthal as his security company employee brother, Brax.

New look at The Accountant 2.In theaters April 25.Source: @VanityFairpic.twitter.com/G1auZKQwPn— Cbr (@Cbr) February 11, 2025

RelatedBen Affleck Reunites With Jay and Silent Bob in New Video 30 Years After First Film Together

A new ad for Dunkin' reunites Ben Affleck with Jay and Silent Bob, played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith.

The big winner of this year’s Super Bowl, once again, was gratuitous pop-culture nostalgia. In addition to a Muppets-themed travel ad, and Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan’s horny condiment commercial, ‘90s stoners Jay and Silent Bob popped up in a Ben Affleck-centric spot for Dunkin’.

Affleck once again donned an orange tracksuit to perform with the “DunKings,” his Dunkin’-branded boy band (although the word “boy” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there). The DunKings now also include Ben’s brother Casey, Bill Belichick, and Jeremy Strong, who we briefly see emerging from a vat of coffee grounds like a more svelte Baron Harkonnen.

Forget about Jay Leno, who does Ben Affleck owe money to?

The extended version of the ad features Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes as Silent Bob and Jay, respectively. They show up at Java Jam, which is some kind of coffee-themed fan convention.

Dunkin’ made a big splash during the Super Bowl with its latest ad, bringing back the DunKings in a hilarious new installment.

The commercial, which aired during the first break of the game, featured Ben Affleck in his full Boston-accented glory, joined by his brother Casey Affleck and Succession star Jeremy Strong. But that was just a preview of what Dunkin’ had in store. The full seven-minute short film, DunKings 2: The Movie, takes the coffee-loving boy band on a wild new adventure.

The story follows Ben Affleck as he tries to recruit Casey to compete at Java Jam, a coffee-themed battle of the bands. Though skeptical at first, Casey eventually joins the fun, and they set off to take on rival groups like the Drip Squad, the Burger Chain Gang, and the Barista Buds.

Along the way, they run into Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes, who reprise their famous Jay and Silent Bob roles,...

Ben Affleck is one of the leading actors in Hollywood, who has not just made a name for himself with his acting chops but also for his writing and directing talent. Over the years, Affleck has starred in and directed several acclaimed movies, which have gone on to rack millions of dollars in grossing. Naturally, the actor has earned quite a significant amount from the paychecks of these films, making millions upfront as well as backend profits.

Ben Affleck | Credits: Justice League / Warner Bros. Pictures

The actor recently reprised his role in the Super Bowl Dunkin Donuts ad, and if the reports are true, the actor might have earned more from the advert than what he made from the best movie of his career.

How much did Ben Affleck earn from the Super Bowl Dunkin Donuts ad? Ben and Casey Affleck, Bill Belichick, and Jordon Hudson in the advertisement | Credit:...

Ben Affleck’s latest Super Bowl commercial for Dunkin’ has officially dropped, and this time, the world's most unusual cinematic universe has just brought in some new faces, including his brother Casey Affleck, Succession’s Jeremy Strong, former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick, and Donnie Wahlberg from New Kids on the Block. And, if that wasn’t enough, Clerks duo Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith) even make a cameo in the extended version. This year’s ad, titled DunKings 2: The Movie, is a chaotic fusion of cinema and coffee. Originally airing as a 60-second spot during Super Bowl Lix, the full-length version goes way further in expanding on last year’s “DunKings” saga, taking the Afflecks and company to Java Jam, a fictional battle-of-the-bands-style competition where coffee brands fight for supremacy.

Ben Affleck is continuing the Dunkin’ Cinematic Universe with his new Super Bowl commercial!

The brand’s biggest fan is starring in DunKings 2: The Movie with so many celebrity friends joining him.

Ben‘s brother Casey Affleck, Oscar nominee Jeremy Strong, and many others are featured. There’s NFL coach Bill Belichick and his much younger girlfriend Jordon Hudson, Jay and Silent Bob stars Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes, Donnie Wahlberg, and others.

While a short clip aired during the Super Bowl commercial break, there’s a much longer, seven-minute short film that is online right now.

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Dunkin’ dropped the latest installment from the “Dunkin’ Cinematic Universe” during the first commercial break of Sunday’s Super Bowl.

The epic and star studded 60-second clip — featuring original DunKing Ben Affleck back with a heavy Boston accent alongside new recruits like Casey Affleck and Jeremy Strong with surprise cameos from legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick (alongside girlfriend Jordon Hudson), Donnie Wahlberg, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes — is actually just a taste from a much longer seven-minute short film titled DunKings 2: The Movie.

The action opens with the Oscar-winning brothers chatting it up outside Casey’s dressing-room door as the older Affleck tries to convince him to join Java Jam: Battle of the Coffee Brand Bands. (As you may recall, Ben debuted as the DunKing during last year’s Super Bowl in a spot that found him chasing pop superstardom alongside longtime friend and business partner Matt Damon, Tom Brady,...

Ben Affleck hasn't rid himself of Jay and Silent Bob just yet. After appearing in multiple View Askewniverse movies, Affleck reunited with the pot-dealing duo once again, this time for a Dunkin' ad.

On X, Dunkin' shared a new ad featuring Affleck signing autographs for fans while wearing bright orange clothing, representing the brand. He is approached by Jay and Silent Bob, with Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith in character. Affleck greets them by saying, "I thought they banned you from these things." Jay and Silent Bob then inquire about a "DunKings $6 meal deal" before then asking the actor for some autographs.

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Ben Affleck reunites with Jay and Silent Bob for a new Dunkin’ ad.pic.twitter.com...

Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes are on the road once again. The two best friends have worked in movies and television shows for decades. Smith and Mewes, better known as their fictional stoner selves, Jay and Silent Bob, are the total opposite in real life.

For one thing, writer/director Kevin Smith, who portrays Silent Bob, is silent. When Smith is not behind the camera, he usually hosts one of his many podcasts or hits the road, telling stories and giving inspirational talks on filmmaking and following your dreams.

Jason Mewes, who has portrayed Jay the loudmouth Jay, is an accomplished actor, director, and father. His directorial debut movie Madness in the Method was good. I’m looking forward to seeing him behind the camera the next time. And if he ever needs any advice, he can ask one of his best friends.

Kevin Smith has always been an inspirational person to me.

Before the dawn of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, franchise films used to be made in a far more improvised fashion. Nowadays, we're used to studios and filmmakers having a several-year plan in place for an interlocking series of films and their respective franchises, and while this system can create some very rewarding emotional and narrative payoffs, it doesn't allow for the freedom of spontaneity as much. With this freedom, filmmakers were able to follow their muse to places they previously had never thought of going to, and it's not just characters or moments that were thought up on the fly; in some cases, an entire film came into existence based on a chance encounter.

That's exactly what happened to Kevin Smith during his primary years making films set in his View Askewniverse, named after the View Askew production company he created when he began making movies. Initially, these films were...

Several incredible films are challenging to watch nowadays. This can be for a variety of reasons, including issues with licensing or streaming. The best movies of all time rarely have issues such as these, but there are plenty of incredible movies that are still hard to find in the modern day.

Many of the films that are difficult to find, both on streaming or otherwise, are movies with great anti-heroes. Others, like Porgy and Bess, are great romance films. Regardless, the fact that these movies are so hard to find makes the effort worth it, as they are each an important part of movie history in their own right.

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Dogma is a 1999 comedy that revolves around two fallen angels, Bartleby and Loki, who try to...

Sav Rodgers’ documentary Chasing Chasing Amy premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival and has been making the festival rounds ever since, screening at 76 festivals around the world to date. Level 33 Entertainment gave the film a theatrical release last month, and now we’ve learned that Chasing Chasing Amy will be available to rent or own on VOD as of next Tuesday, December 17th!

MediaPlayNews reports that in the documentary, filmmaker Sav Rodgers takes a journey of self-discovery while making a documentary about Kevin Smith’s 1997 film Chasing Amy and its polarizing reputation among LGBTQ+ people. They go on to reveal that Chasing Chasing Amy explores the transformational impact of the ’90s cult classic on a 12-year-old queer kid from Kansas, coming of age and to terms with his identity. For young Sav Rodgers, the Kevin Smith cult classic became a life raft. As Rodgers examines the film and its making...

Kevin Smith is clearly having a good year. His latest directorial effort, The 4:30 Movie was well-received by both audiences and critics, he randomly showed up in The Simpsons’ season premiere and he regained the rights to Dogma from real-life shit demon Harvey Weinstein. Now he’s ending the year by playing Santa Claus — literally.

This past weekend, Smith took on the mantle of “Santa Bob,” posing for pictures with fans at his New Jersey comic book shop Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. He even had his costume designer whip up a custom Santa Bob suit.

Smith invited locals to indulge their Yuletide nostalgia by sitting on his lap and poising for a picture “just like we were at JCPenney’s or Sears back in the day — or the mall!”

It may be a tad unusual to see a celebrity taking on a mall Santa-type gig, especially considering...

Jay and Silent Bob movies have seen the iconic stoner duo playing supporting characters as well as leading their own movies, and despite the madcap absurdism, they do have something of a continuity and chronological order. Writer/director Kevin Smith became an indie sensation thanks to his micro-budget debut Clerks in 1994. That was also the movie that introduced the world to Jay, a foul-mouthed, obnoxious, weed-loving punk, and his mostly mute friend Silent Bob. The popularity of these characters would lead to them appearing in several other movies that followed.

Long before the MCU, Smith created his own cinematic universe with the View Askewniverse, with Jay and Silent Bob as the common thread through all the movies. The characters have appeared in cartoon series and even shows and movies outside of Smith's own cinematic universe, but the Jay and Silent Bob movies of the View Askewniverse show the characters' wild...

Kevin Smith is working on a sequel to his 1999 cult comedy Dogma, he is also in talks with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to return.

Over the last few years, Kevin Smith has looked to his back catalogue for inspiration for future films. With Clerks 3 officially ending the story of Dante and Jay And Silent Bob Reboot bringing his famous slacking stoners firmly into the 21st century, Smith is now looking at sequels to his other hit films.

Speaking at Vulture Festival over the weekend, Deadline reports that Smith confirmed he’s writing a sequel to Dogma. The 1999 film followed Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as angels cast out of heaven by God, who attempt to exploit a loophole in Catholic Dogma to return. The film features a glorious performance from Alan Rickman, the acting debut of singer songwriter Alanis Morrisette and appearances by Smith’s regular cohorts Jason Mewes,...

“Dogma 2” needs Matt and Ben to get made. Fortunately, Kevin Smith has leverage over them.

During an appearance at the Vulture Festival over the weekend (via Deadline) celebrating the 25th anniversary of Smith’s cult favorite fantasy comedy “Dogma,” the writer-director revealed that he’s working on a sequel to the film, which remains one of his most successful, critically and commercially.

“Some people will be like, ‘Don’t f—ing touch it. You’ll ruin it,’” Smith said at the event. “And I’m here to tell you: I will. I’m f—ing tickled. I found a way in.”

Smith said he is confident that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who starred as fallen angels Bartleby and Loki in the original film, will return for the sequel because they owe him for helping their breakthrough film “Good Will Hunting” get made and then forgetting to thank him when...

Kevin Smith has shared a promising update on a potential sequel to his religious comedy Dogma. The news comes 25 years after the original film was released in theaters.

Per Deadline, Smith commented on his plans to potentially make a sequel to the film at Vulture Festival during his Dogma Confessional. He revealed that he has an idea in mind on where to take Dogma 2, and he's expecting Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to return as the fallen angels they played in the original film. As the filmmaker explained, he's only going to bother making the sequel if Affleck and Damon are involved in a significant way.

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A big day is forthcoming for fans of Clerks director Kevin Smith.

Smith teased about the sequel, Some people will be like, Dont fing touch it. Youll ruin it.' And Im here to tell you: I will.

Now is the time to rejoice and be glad, for Kevin Smith is celebrating the liberation of Dogma with more Dogma. The director discussed the film at the Vulture Festival, outlining plans for a Dogma tour, SteelBook release, and eventual streaming premiere. But that's not all: he's also writing what...

Despite having made sequels to almost all of his films (with mixed results), Kevin Smith has finally confirmed that one of his best movies is getting a second installment. Dogma, saw the infamous Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) travel with a young woman, Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), the angel, Metatron (Alan Rickman), and the 13th disciple, Rufus (Chris Rock) to find God (Alanis Morissette) and prevent the demons Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) from returning to heaven. Dogma has become a cult-classic like most of Smith's movies earning a devout following, and angering several religious organizations in the process.

Fans have been waiting 25 years for Kevin Smith to return for Dogma 2. Speaking at this year's Vulture Festival, Smith confirmed he's in development on the long awaited sequel. The director began, joking that fans are skeptical about seeing a sequel to such a beloved movie, saying, "Some people will be like,...

Kevin Smith has confirmed he's working on a sequel to 'Dogma'.The 54-year-old filmmaker wrote and directed the 1999 fantasy comedy film starring Ben Affleck, 52, as Bartleby and Matt Damon, 54, as Loki and he is hoping the pair will appear in the new movie.Speaking at the Dogma Confessional to mark the flick's 25th anniversary on Sunday (17.11.24) at Vulture Festival, he said: “Some people will be like, ‘Don’t f****** touch it. You’ll ruin it.'“And I’m here to tell you: I will. I’m f****** tickled. I found a way in.”The 'Mallrats' director quipped that he could bribe the pair into filming a cameo because he revived their 1997 film 'Good Will Hunting', but admitted the sequel relies on Ben and Damon reprising their roles as the fallen angels.Kevin said: “I have been able to hold that over both their heads for 25 f****** years,...

Director Kevin Smith confirmed plans for a sequel to his 1999 religious comedy “Dogma” at the 2016 Vulture Festival. Original stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are expected to return in significant parts.

Smith directly addressed potential fan skepticism, noting that some may hesitate to revisit the cult favorite. “Some people will say, ‘Don’t f—ing touch it. “You’ll ruin it,” Smith warned. “And I’m here to tell you: I will.”

The project follows a meaningful step in which the film’s long-standing rights concerns were resolved. Previously owned by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, the rights have been purchased by an undisclosed business. This accomplishment paves the way for a sequel, a 25th anniversary theatrical re-release, and a new 4K home media edition.

Smith expressed confidence in Affleck and Damon’s roles, promising more than a cameo. “The only way we get a ‘Dogma’ sequel made is if they’re there,...

Kevin Smith is working on a sequel to Dogma 25 years after its original release, and he expects Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to make at least cameo appearances.

During his “Dogma Confessional” at Vulture Festival, Smith shared his excitement about the project, joking about potential backlash:

Some people will say, ‘Don’t mess with it—you’ll ruin it.’ And I probably will. But I’m thrilled because I’ve found a way to make it happen.”

Smith is confident that Affleck and Damon will return as fallen angels Bartleby and Loki. He humorously added that after helping them with Good Will Hunting in 1997, they owe him.

The panel marked Dogma’s 25th anniversary, reflecting on the original film’s story about two angels trying to find a loophole to get back into heaven. The 1999 movie starred Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, and Alanis Morissette,...

After 25 years, Kevin Smith is reconnecting with the man upstairs for the unholiest of sequels.

During his Dogma Confessional on Sunday at Vulture Festival, the View Askewniverse creator revealed that he’s working on a sequel to the 1999 film, and he expects Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to return for cameos at least.

“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.”

He sounded confident that Affleck and Damon would reprise their roles as fallen angels Bartleby and Loki. After Smith helped save the pair’s 1997 film Good Will Hunting, without so much as a thank you in their Golden Globes and Oscars speeches, they owe him.

“I have been able to hold that over both their heads for 25 f—ing years,...

Kevin Smith broke into Hollywood with his iconic indie comedy, Clerks, back in 1994. Almost thirty years later, the indie icon brought audiences back to the iconic Quick Stop Convenience Store with Clerks III, which will find a new streaming home on Nov. 21.

Clerks III will be available to stream on Peacock starting Nov. 21. Released almost thirty years after Clerks, the third film once again centers around Randal and Dante, but this time life gets a tad more serious for the owners of the iconic Quick Stop. After suffering a heart attack, Randal and Dante finally pursue their dreams of making a film together, choosing to shoot it in black and white and setting it at the Quick Stop Convenience Store, mirroring the real-life production of the first film. Pulling from the real-life medical scare the writer-director faced back in 2018, Clerks III feels like an emotional retrospective of Smith's entire career,...

The year was 1994 and a blossoming filmmaker from New Jersey was riding on a wing and a prayer when he released Clerks, a comedy film released completely in black-and-white. That director was Kevin Smith, who, whether he realized it or not, was starting a cinematic universe through this low-budget production. Starring Brian OHalloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, Smith and more, the movie centered on O'Halloran's Dante Hicks, a convenience store clerk, and Andersons Randal Graves, a clerk at a video store, as well as the friends and eccentric personalities who popped into their shop's day in and day out.

Kevin Smith has released a never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes video from his breakout film, Clerks. The 1994 comedy follows convenience store employee Dante (Brian OHalloran) and video store worker Randall (Jeff Anderson) as they deal with the minutia of day-to-day convenience store life, as well as coping with the likes of drug dealers Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith). Clerks was a hit with critics and audiences alike, launching Smith's career as a filmmaker, and creating a body of work that has lasted for three decades.

The video, posted to Smiths YouTube channel, starts with a montage of the director slating a series of shots with the clapperboard, followed by a series of outtakes, bloopers, and unused takes. The footage also includes shots of the original ending, in which the convenience store is robbed, and Dante is shot and killed. After behind-the-scenes footage is done, Smith addresses the camera, sharing how the...

Before it was commonplace in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the idea of a shared universe across movies was a delight for audiences. It was exciting that the characters in Chasing Amy, Clerks, and Mallrats all seemed to know each other, in part through Jay and Silent Bob. Michael Keaton reprising his role as Ray Nicolette from Jackie Brown in Stephen Soderbergh's Out of Sight was a fun surprise for people who read the Elmore Leonard novels which inspired the two movies. Quentin Tarantino was especially obsessed with this idea, with characters sharing connections across movies like Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, but even his faux brand of Red Apple cigarettes being advertised by Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood.

Sav Rodgers’ documentary Chasing Chasing Amy premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival and has been making the festival rounds ever since, screening at 76 festivals around the world to date. Now, Level 33 Entertainment is gearing up to give the film a theatrical release on November 1st, and we have the trailer embedded above.

MediaPlayNews reports that in the documentary, filmmaker Sav Rodgers takes a journey of self-discovery while making a documentary about Kevin Smith’s 1997 film Chasing Amy and its polarizing reputation among LGBTQ+ people. They go on to reveal that Chasing Chasing Amy explores the transformational impact of the ’90s cult classic on a 12-year-old queer kid from Kansas, coming of age and to terms with his identity. For young Sav Rodgers, the Kevin Smith cult classic became a life raft. As Rodgers examines the film and its making as a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ cinema, he finds himself at a complicated crossroads.