Editing Dogma (film) (section)

==Possible sequel==
In late November 2005, Smith responded to talk of a possible [[sequel]] on the ViewAskew.com message boards:

{{blockquote|text=So weird you should ask this, because ever since [[9/11]], I have been thinking about a sequel of sorts. I mean, the worst [[terrorist]] attack on American soil was religiously bent. In the wake of said attack, the leader of the "Free World" outed himself as pretty damned Christian. In the [[2004 United States presidential election|last election]], rather than [[Iraq War|a quagmire war abroad]], the big issue was whether or not [[gay marriage]] was moral. Back when I made ''Dogma'', I always maintained that another movie about religion wouldn't be forthcoming, as ''Dogma'' was the product of 28 years of religious and spiritual meditation, and I'd kinda shot my wad on the subject. Now? I think I might have more to say. And, yes, the Last Scion would be at the epicenter of it. And she'd have to be played by Alanis. And we'd need a bigger budget, because the entire third act would be the [[Apocalypse]]. Scary thing is this: the film would have to touch on [[Islam]]. And unlike the Catholic League, when those cats don't like what you do, they issue a death warrant on your ass. And now that I've got a family, I'm not as free to stir the shit-pot as I was when I was single, back when I made ''Dogma''. I mean, now I've gotta think about more than my own safety and well-being, but regardless – yeah, a ''Dogma'' follow-up's been swimming around in my head for some time now.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.viewaskew.com/theboard/viewtopic.php?t=41221 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323075259/http://viewaskew.com/theboard/viewtopic.php?t=41221 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2006 |title=The View Askewniverse Message Board |author=Smith, Kevin |date=November 27, 2005 |access-date=2009-06-18 }}</ref>}}

When asked about the sequel in October 2017, Smith said it would not happen, as he no longer desired to make any new religious films.<ref>Kennedy, Michael (October 5, 2017).  [https://screenrant.com/kevin-smith-dogma-2-never-happen/ "Kevin Smith Says Dogma 2 Will Never Happen."]  ''ScreenRant.com''.  Retrieved 2018-04-24.</ref>

Near the same time as the cancellation, just weeks before the [[Weinstein scandal]] broke to the public, [[Harvey Weinstein]] pitched to Smith about doing a sequel. Not much came from this pitch, but it was just a mere idea for Weinstein. According to Smith in an interview with ''[[Business Insider]]'', he recalls:

{{blockquote|text=I said, 'Hey, how are you?' And he goes, 'You know, we have ''Dogma'', I just realized, and we got to get it out there again.' I said, 'We do! People online are always asking where they can get it. And he then goes, 'You know, that movie had a big cast, we might even be able to do a sequel.' And I was like, 'Yeah man, right on. I might think about that.' And he was like, 'We'll talk.' And a week later, the ''New York Times'' story breaks. I felt sick to my stomach.}}

Smith believes that he only got the call because,  "It was him looking to see who was a friend still because his life was about to shift completely."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/dogma-2-harvey-weinstein-kevin-smith/|title=Harvey Weinstein Pitched Dogma 2 to Kevin Smith Days Before the Sex Scandal Broke|author=Jeremy Dick|publisher=[[MovieWeb]]|date=October 3, 2019|access-date=October 14, 2019}}</ref>

Damon returned to reprise his role as a reborn Loki in ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Reboot]]''. In a fourth-wall breaking monologue, he explains after the events of ''Dogma'' God once again banished him to Earth, this time to the Mediterranean Sea where he was rescued by Italian fishermen after getting amnesia, describing the plot of Damon's film ''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'': he remarks that would make his current form his "''reborn'' identity".

While promoting ''[[Clerks III]]'', Smith reiterated that Weinstein still owned ''Dogma'', and tried to buy the film's rights back once he was assured the money would not go directly to Weinstein, who is currently imprisoned. Despite increasingly larger offers from Smith's camp and a letter sharing how personal ''Dogma'' was for him, their offers were denied by Weinstein's lawyer. Smith described the film as a movie that is "held hostage" and shared his wish to both tour the film as a re-release and to produce a sequel if he would get the rights back.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connell |first=Sean |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Kevin Smith Has A Plan For Dogma, But Harvey Weinstein Is Blocking It From Prison |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/interviews/kevin-smith-has-a-plan-for-dogma-but-harvey-weinstein-is-blocking-it-from-prison |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=CinemaBlend}}</ref>

After buying back the film's rights, Smith stated in November 2024 he was brainstorming a ''Dogma'' sequel, with the hope that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck would make cameo appearances.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garner |first1=Glenn |title=Kevin Smith Says ‘Dogma 2’ Is In Works With Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Potentially Returning |url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/kevin-smith-dogma-2-happening-ben-affleck-matt-damon-returning-1236179685/ |website=Deadline |access-date=1 April 2025 |date=17 November 2024}}</ref> Smith later clarified that while he at the very least intended to write a sequel script, he could not guarantee it would be made and had yet to reach out to Damon and Affleck.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNab |first1=JM |title=Kevin Smith Walks Back ‘Dogma’ Sequel Announcement |url=https://www.cracked.com/article_44430_kevin-smith-walks-back-dogma-sequel-announcement.html |website=Cracked |access-date=1 April 2025 |date=18 November 2024}}</ref>