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Paul Feig Would Be “Happy to Share” His Three and a Half Hour Cut of ‘Ghostbusters’
When Paul Feig‘s Ghostbusters was released onto home video back in 2016, the release came with an “Extended Cut” of the film that ran 17-minutes longer than the theatrical version of the comedy-horror reboot. Naturally, that cut included multiple scenes that were removed for the theatrical release, but even that cut is a lot shorter than the true extended cut.
As Feig revealed to Collider way back in 2016, his original cut of the film ran a whopping 3 1/2 hours long! Feig had explained to the site, “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.”
Indeed the 2016 film was ultimately cut down to 1 hour, 56 minutes for its theatrical release, later beefed up to 2 hours, 13 minutes for the aforementioned home video “Extended Cut”.
So will we ever see this 3 1/2 hour cut of Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters? In the wake of Warner Bros announcing that the infamous “Snyder Cut” of Zack Snyder’s Justice League is coming to HBO Max next year, Feig took to Twitter to again make mention of the Super Extended Cut of Ghostbusters, while also noting that he’d be “happy to share” that version of the movie.
With streaming services currently eager to increase their subscriber numbers by offering up exciting new content during the quarantine, well, let’s just say anything is possible right now.
If you want it, ask Sony to cross the streams and make it happen!
There’s a three and a half hour cut of Ghostbusters: ATC I’d be happy to share. #FeygerCut https://t.co/zTVE4bDPFm
— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) May 21, 2020
The next V/H/S installment is on the way, this time from producer Roy Lee (Weapons, IT), and it’s landed on its new theme.
Spooky Pictures and Image Nation are teaming to produce V/H/S: SCP, Variety reports, and it’ll be the first feature-length addition to the online collective fiction project, the SCP (Special Containment Procedures) Foundation.
The SCP Foundation began in 2008 as a collaborative digital project and has since grown into one of the largest fan-driven horror and sci-fi universes online. You can get acquainted with the SCP Foundation via Bloody FM’s SCP Archives podcast.
V/H/S: SCP will be framed as “’recovered field documentation,’ or video evidence gathered, redacted, and archived by the secretive organization. Standalone segments in the anthology will focus on different objects, entities, or events under the containment-breach narrative.”
Spooky Pictures is headed by genre veterans Steven Schneider (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) and Roy Lee (Weapons, IT). They’ll be joined by Josh Goldbloom (V/H/S/94, V/H/S/99, V/H/S/Halloween) and Michael Schreiber (V/H/S/94, V/H/S/Beyond) as producers.
“The horror genre continues to be a remarkable launchpad for new talent to share original creations, and the vast SCP universe has provided a vital incubator for this creativity to thrive,” Spooky Pictures co-founder Steven Schneider said. “Along with INS, this next project reinforces our shared commitment to look in new and unexpected spaces for stories. We can’t wait to expand the V/H/S franchise with new, fresh, and terrifying stories that will keep viewers coming back for more.”
V/H/S launched in 2012, followed by 2013’s V/H/S/2, 2014’s V/H/S: Viral, 2021’s V/H/S/94, 2022’s V/H/S/99, 2023’s V/H/S/85, 2024’s V/H/S/Beyond, and 2025’s V/H/S/Halloween.
The upcoming installment marks the ninth film in this franchise.
The SCP Foundation is a worldwide force dedicated to securing, containing, and protecting anomalies from people – At least according to the lore of the website.
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