by Heat Magazine

Story courtesy of Nick Bate

Alanis Morrisette as God, Salma Hayek as a stripper angel, Chris Rock claiming Jesus was black and Alan Rickman as a gender free angel. Good luck film four, you're going to need it when Dogma opens

Matt Damon and Ben affleck will lose their good-guy image forever when their new film Dogma is released in the UK this December.

The latest comedy from Clerks and Chasing Amy director is set to rival The Last Temptation of Christ for controversy and has incurred the wrath of religious organisations in the US before it has even opened.

They object to:
Alanis Morrissette playing God
Linda Florentino as a decendant from Christ now working in an abortion clinic
Matt damon and Ben Affleck as two gun slinging angels trying to bring about the end of creation.
Chris Rock playing Rufus, the 13th disciple, cut out of the bible for trying to prove that Jesus was black (sample quote: "Do I know Jesus? Hell, the nigger owes me 12 dollars!")
Salma hayek as the muse Serendipity, now a stripper
Alan Rickman as an angel who proves he's gender free by flashing at Linda Florentino.
William Donohue (Boo hiss- C37) president of the catholic league of America- who previously tried to block the release of Antonio Bird's Priest has branded the film "filthy" and is still campaigning against Disney, parent company of the film's poducers, even though they have since sold the rights to another distributor (as reported in issue 11).

Even the Hollywood Reporter and The LA Times concede that the film is " Rude, crude and offensive".

Kevin Smith however, a practising catholic, has called the film "a love-letter to both faith and the almighty".

"Folks heading into the theatre based on what the (catholic) League has said about the film are going to be sadly, sadly disapointed in how devout and faith friendly it actually is" he claims.

Film Four intend to release the movie here on 26 December. A spokesperson hopes it will escape a similar roasting here.

"We could have had a similar response at cannes," She says, "but so far there's been no problem at all."

The Catholic church press office refused to comment until they'd seen the film. Heat reviewer Damon Wise thinks it is a "sophisiticated and intelligent film"-apart from a minor storyline involving a shit monster that lives in a toilet.