Smith made offers of $ 250,000 and $ 500,000, both rejected. As the director further explained, Lyonsgate had theatrical and Sony had domestic video rights. But those rights eventually failed, with Weinstein just squatting. So, Smith approached some friends, including his frequent associates Ben Affleck and Matt DamonTo give him another shot.

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"I got to some people who might have an interesting interest in seeing the dogma maybe living, becoming something else. I called Ben (Affleck) and Matt (Damon). Then I wrote the letter and said the same *** ***, but I offered a million dollars, and I was not told.

For a while, it was it. Then, In 2024, Smith revealed that "dogma" is no longer in control of Weinstein. At that time, he did not disclose who had the rights or how they acquired. "One day out of blue, I get a call from this woman Alessandra, which is like," Hi, we bought dogma, can you talk about it? "And I was like, 'yes, who are you? So, Smith agreed to a meeting with the new mystery rights holders.

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"There was this woman, Alessandra and this Guy's bay, sitting there and telling me a story of what happened," Smith explained. "They said," Well, Harvey sold a tranche of movies, he was going to a legal battle again, so he needed more money, so he sold a bunch of films he had, 10 films. "

One of those films was really "dogma", and that is the only one they kept after selling the rights to the other nine. "I was like," Oh, can we buy it? "Smith asked. That didn't happen, but what happened was almost as good.

"They are like," No. But you can do what you want with it, "and I was like," seriously? "And they are like, yes, man, what do you want to do? ' I was like, 'Well, I would take it out and work, that's what I was doing with my films lately, it's a hoe.' And they are like, okay, well, what about putting in cinemas? ' "