With the window for DVD/Blu-ray releases shrinking exponentially (it's about to go into negative territory), talk of extra features comes up more and more often at junkets for big studio releases. Such the case with Universal Pictures' The Wolfman. This weekend Bloody Disgusting's Chris Eggertsen caught up with Director Joe Johnston who talked a bit about the "extended cut" - and not "director's cut" - of the remake that arrives in theaters this Friday. Dig on it all below.
Chris asked Mr. Johnston, "As far as the additional footage that I’m assuming that you’ll be putting on the DVD, what can we expect? Are there any action sequences that would be added or is it all relationship/character-building stuff?"
"Well, there’s action sequences, but most of them are in the deleted scenes," revealed Johnston in an exclusive one-on-one interview with Bloody Disgusting. "Most of the stuff that we put back in, I think it’s 17 minutes longer – a lot of it’s stuff up front, but there’s also, throughout the film, we basically let the scenes play a little bit longer. There’s a little bit of action stuff, but it’s mostly bits of scenes that worked, but we cut them out to shorten the film. You know, to get down to our 96 minutes. So it’s sort of a variety of stuff." He continues explaining that it's NOT a "director's cut", "But I won’t call it the “director’s cut”, it’s the “extended cut”. The release cut needs to be what you refer to as the “director’s cut”."
"I think “director’s cut” has sort of a negative connotation in some ways," Chris chimed in.
"It does for me. You know, the “director’s cut” should be what is released, I think."
Watch for a full-length interview this week. The Wolfman arrives in theaters this Friday.
Anyone seen this yet? It definitely feels like scenes have been chopped. The editing is way too hasty in some of the dramatic scenes (even though it does drag). Overall it's a mess but I enjoyed it - the acting is hilariously camp (no prizes for guessing who hams it up the most - ahem, Hopkins n Hugo)and it's quite full-on in the carnage when it gets going. There were a few sniggerers all the way through - be interesting to see if people think it's 'so bad it's good', as I did in some ways.
Was the ballroom scene in the movie when you saw it? (In which a blind person is singing to the wolfman but doesn't realize it) There's a snippet in the trailer, but I've heard it was cut at some test screenings.
No ballroom scene, sounds like it might be a nice scene too. I think a couple of the images in the trailer didn't make it in - definitely some of the stills I've seen in its lengthy gestation are not anywhere in the film. Will be intrigued to see what people think of the make-up - I thought it was too human still, and the transformations could have been lengthier.
Hearing that almost 20 min. are cut, It makes me just want to wait and rent the bluray when it comes out. They should keep this stuff quiet untill AFTER the film leaves theaters.
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