Overview

• Dogma returned to more than 1,500 AMC screens for its 25th anniversary and featured a standing-ovation screening in the Cannes Classics lineup.
• Smith reports that modern audiences are embracing the satire without the protests, hate mail and death threats that marked its original release.
• The filmmaker says he has spent the past six months “whimsying” the sequel’s storyline and believes he has “cracked the story” for Dogma2.
• He intends to offer roles to surviving members of the original ensemble—including Ben Affleck and Matt Damon—while ensuring the follow-up can stand on its own.
• Smith hopes to debut Dogma2 at the Cannes Film Festival’s 80th or 81st edition, marking his return to the Croisette as a filmmaker.