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After 15 years locked up by the Weinsteins, Kevin Smith’s film Dogma will finally return this spring. Smith shared on X today that the film would be rereleased in theaters on June 5, and that he would be taking the movie on the road in the weeks leading up to the wide rerelease. The 25th anniversary tour kicks off in Los Angeles on Sunday, April 20, which, relevantly to Dogma, is Easter Sunday. It’s maybe also relevant that that day is 4/20, to which this writer says: nice.
Smith first teased the tour last October when Dogma was purchased by a new rightsholder, who reached out to the director and asked if he would be interested in touring the movie and bringing it back to theaters. “I said, ‘100 percent, are you kidding me? Touring a movie that I know people like, and it’s sentimental and nostalgic? We’ll clean up,'” Smith said. Its official website now confirms that the reissued Dogma will play in 1500 theaters across the United States, and “will be officially resurrected with added Event Cinema Content,” whatever that means. The tour, which runs for about a month, will include a Q&A from Smith. Smith will visit cities across the country, including Boston, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, and Tampa; you can check out the full list of dates and cities here.
Originally released in 1999, the film was last released on home media in 2008 and has been unable to stream anywhere since. Copies of the Blu-Ray have apparently been able to command a $90 price tag on Amazon. Smith previously expressed interest in celebrating Dogma‘s 20th anniversary but said he was unable because of the distribution deals that the Weinsteins had made in the 2000s. Bob and Harvey Weinstein personally bought it and “licensed it to Lions Gate (for theatrical) and then Sony (for home video),” Smith tweeted in 2019. “But those deals pre-dated streaming and have lapsed. Bummer, as 2019 is the 20th anniversary of our release.” Sounds like Dogma will have a much happier birthday this year.
