Upcoming Ghostbusters 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Releases to Feature an Extended Cut of the Film
HomeUpcoming Ghostbusters 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Releases to Feature an Extended Cut of the Film
Posted July 11, 2016 05:26 PM by Webmaster
Director Paul Feig has confirmed that the upcoming Ghostbusters 4K/3D Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of the Ghostbusters reboot will feature an extended cut of the film with approximately 15 minutes of additional footage. The two releases are expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Here's what dierctor Fieg had to say about the Extended Cut of the film:
"The editor's first cut was 4 hours and 15 minutes, and I trimmed that down to a slim 3 and a half hours (laughs). We generate a lot of stuff and I always wanna have all the underpinnings of a big, emotional story, and because of that it just added a lot of extra scenes that as you're going through, you know you have to make a lot of choices because I knew I had to bring this down under two hours. You just start weeding and saying, 'What do people want to delve deeper into and what do we wanna just kind of skirt through and get to the fun parts?
We actually just finished (the extended cut) so it's about another 15 minutes longer, but I will also include a lot of the deleted scenes and extra material that we have on the Blu-ray/DVD."
Official synopsis: Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. This summer, they're here to save the world!
Ivan Reitman's original film was recently remastered in 4K and released on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. You can see our listing and review of the 4K Blu-ray release here. The second film, Ghostbusters II, is already available on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray as well. You can see our listing and review of the 4K Blu-ray release here.
Here's what dierctor Fieg had to say about the Extended Cut of the film:
"The editor's first cut was 4 hours and 15 minutes, and I trimmed that down to a slim 3 and a half hours (laughs). We generate a lot of stuff and I always wanna have all the underpinnings of a big, emotional story, and because of that it just added a lot of extra scenes that as you're going through, you know you have to make a lot of choices because I knew I had to bring this down under two hours. You just start weeding and saying, 'What do people want to delve deeper into and what do we wanna just kind of skirt through and get to the fun parts?
We actually just finished (the extended cut) so it's about another 15 minutes longer, but I will also include a lot of the deleted scenes and extra material that we have on the Blu-ray/DVD."
Official synopsis: Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. This summer, they're here to save the world!
Ivan Reitman's original film was recently remastered in 4K and released on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. You can see our listing and review of the 4K Blu-ray release here. The second film, Ghostbusters II, is already available on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray as well. You can see our listing and review of the 4K Blu-ray release here.
