Why Kevin Smith’s ‘Dogma’ isn’t streaming: Harvey Weinstein is ‘holding it hostage’

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disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.The comedy is not available to be watched online or purchased digitally; meanwhile, Blu-ray DVDs are selling them for almost $100 a pop.“In order to tell the story, unfortunately, I’m gonna have to say the name that nobody wants to hear anymore.

But of course, Harvey Weinstein figures into the story,” the “Mallrats” director told The Wrap.“I mean, honestly, not even a thought.

I don’t think he realized that he still owned that movie,” he added. “I don’t think he realized that it went out of public distribution or anything like that.”The New Jersey native then explained how Weinstein, now 70, called Smith “out of the blue” in 2017 to produce a “Dogma” TV series or sequel.The “Chasing Amy” screenwriter continued, “All the people that were in it are still around, so we can we can make a pretty good sequel or series even better.”“And I got really excited because I was like, ‘Oh my God, for the first time.

The dude [Weinstein] remembered me. Like, after a decade he remembered that I was part of the Miramax family.’ And he remembered that he had ‘Dogma’ and had a cool cast and I don’t know, I felt like wow, that’s, that’s cool,” Smith said.However, scandal rocked the Miramax founder’s world (and Hollywood) when a bombshell New York Times exposé uncovered the numerous sexual assault allegations against him a week after that fateful phone call.Smith even tried to buy back the rights for “Dogma,” but Weinstein was asking for too much. “We felt very dirty about because we didn’t want to give him money,” Smith said. “He’s holding it hostage.