- Congratulations to Malcolm Ingram, whose View Askew-produced documentary “Small Town/Gay Bar” was selected by Sundance for the documentary competition this year. Look for it in Park City this January. Malcolm’s been a great friend to View Askew for a lot of years, and a hard worker, we’re very excited for him and wish him the best of luck in the competition.
- One more time: Kevin makes his final run, for now at least, at the infamous AICN talkback crew (which most believe inspired those segments in Jay & Bob Strike Back). Check out Kevin’s nicely commented and killer responses HERE. Take no prisoners!
- Will and Scott go retro with Radio Askew this week. For episode #14, now available for download, Will presents audio from a Dogma rountable with Kevin from back in 1999. We recall a lot of bits and pieces from this at the site during Dogma’s release, but don’t think we’ve heard a lot of audio from it. Good stuff there. Be sure and tune it in!
- In case you’ve never seen it, “Sunday Morning Shootout” is one of those must-see programs for film buffs airing regularly on AMC, well, each Sunday morning. If it sounds familiar to ya, that’s because Kevin did a guest shot on the show back in March of ‘04, just prior to Jersey Girl’s theatrical release. That appearance will now be forever archived on DVD, appearing on the Director’s disc of the upcoming “Best Of Season 1” DVD. 35 full episodes of the shootout will be on there, full of fantastic guests. Highly recommended, especially if you love film. More news tomorrow! See ya then. Thanks for taking a break from your holiday web shopping to stop by the site today.
Archive for November 28th, 2005
A Dogma Sequel? Huh!
- After a fan on the View Askew board asked, “Kevin, the way you ended Dogma left room for a sequel, have you ever considered doing one? Possibly following the LAST scion?”, Kevin had a surprising, telling response today. Check this out:
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 last election, rather than 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 Cathloic League, when those cats don’t like what you do, they issue a death warrant on yer ass (see Rushdie). 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” followup’s been swimming around in my head for some time now.
P.S. – Interesting “Dogma”-related sidebar: I recently received a glowing “Dogma”-praising email from a recent fan, who began his missive with “My name’s Tom Clancy. I do books.” It was surreal and really wonderful.
So, WOW! How about that? We’d sure love to see it. And we’re also sure any of the remaining cast who were needed back would come back in an instant. And for those of you sequel-haters out there, we think once you see Clerks 2, you’ll be begging for Mallrats 2, Chasing Amy 2, etc…etc…
On a final note, Film Threat has quicky picked up on the idea, and polls users on the front page about the sequel idea. Why not go over there and give YOUR opinion?