Ridley Scott says “No” to Prometheus Director’s Cut
In speaking with JimmyO of Joblo last weekend in London, Ridley Scott shares his view on whether or not there will be a Prometheus Director’s Cut by saying ”No, I think (Prometheus) is a good length.” Mr. Scott then gives details on what to expect from future disc releases in which he says “now the fashion of actually putting out a couple of discs is here to stay, which will comfort you on all other kinds of conversation about how the movie was made. All you’ll really do is see extended scenes in the menu.”
Well there it is from the maestro himself– a hard “no” to a Director’s Cut. But expect some extended scenes in the menu at the very least.
Of course all of this could be smoke and mirrors to get people in theater seats. If he or any of the higher-ups would give the idea of a better version of Prometheus available, it would probably cause some people to defer from going to the cinema. And we can’t have that.
Source: www.joblo.com/movie-news/jimmyo-asks-sir-ridley-scott-if-prometheus-will-have-a-directors-cut
Thanks to seeasea for the link!
If this is another smoke and mirrors ploy, then I for one am tired of the games.
This movie pretty much screams Extended/Director’s Cut.
I’ve seen it once so far and I’m going to watch it a second time in the theater soon. If there’s not going to be an extended version later on that will also be my last viewing of this movie.
Strange, he did say in an interview to Mark Kermode that he wasn’t ruling out a Director’s Cut… as there is stuff that could go in.
Thats cold man….. thats cold…
Hopefully there will be no sequel either……
What? NO SEQUEL!!! NO SEQUEL PLEASE NO SEQUEL , ALIEN 5 YES ALIEN 5 YES WITH RIPLEY
Numerous sources seem to complain about rushed pacing of the third act, but he’s happy with the length?
It will happen, you can bet Fox Studios on it.
I’d love to see a sequel, just not involving Lindeloft.
Maestro? Where’s the maestro whom the text mention? All I see is above are words from the mouth of Tony Scott’s brother.
haha i agree if he screwed us from a true r rating by cutting back to get a pg-13 and still got an R, i imagine he was like wtf, maybe i shoulda just went with my original piece.and now he’s like only extra scenes no director’s cut to make him look like an idiot(in which he really is). either way love the film and the franchise but come on ridley just because u ruined robin hood, which wasnt hard considering he well sucks………….no reason to thwart us from seeing your sci-fi vision of the xeno,omg geiger is probably puking now oh and no directors cut maybe thats fine after all the director’s cut of blade runner sucked ass anyways….first dvd i ever bought ever in 1996 what a freakin waste! yeah stay away ridley after all you’ll never make a true cut,your too busy selling out to the corporate punks and the almighty dollar…Mombasa Out!
awesome ya_ridley_y……..robin hood did suck and so did all his director’s cuts of almost all his films……………………………………minus one but damn why can’t he do it like james cameron,oh yeah thats right he’s not a visionary he’s too much like Parker from the first ALIEN film which has since came to fruition as of late, too worried about the BONUS SITUATION from 20TH Century FOX.
The Directors cut of ALIEN wasn’t really a directors cut either… He said he is happy with the completed film as it was, yet sure enough, a directors cut does indeed exist. I prefer the theatrical version of ALIEN. But Aliens and Alien3 had much to gain in awesomeness and emotional impact with the addition of the cut out footage.
If you want a movie to look great, get Scott. If you want it to feel great, get Cameron. If you want it to look and feel great, get Cameron to follow Scott.
On a Directors Cut – please! This film NEEDS a Blade Runner treatment – the pacing was all off, the characters had precious little time for development and what they did have never came to fruition.
The film was a beautiful mess – restructure, additional scenes and a few snips here and there please…
Re – Anonymous: I’m fairly sure Scott has made some amazing directors cuts; Kingdom of Heaven was incredible as a DC but sucked as a standard cut, Alien’s was decent and Blade Runner’s Final Cut was fantastic. I for one am hoping Prometheus gets a DC as I feel some things were rushed maybe, if a DC doesn’t get make then a sequel is a must.
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The theatrical cut of PROMETHEUS is an incoherent, rushed mess. Just saw the deleted footage… ARE YOU KIDDING ME? In that we get to see Janek’s motivation for destroying the ship and why he figured that it was a testing military facility, we get to hear the Space Jockey TALK and understand why he kills the worthless Weyland (beat him with his own creation!) for likening himself to God and being arrogant… The so-called fight between Noomie and the Jockey was totally awesome because we get to see the Jockey examine human technology plus have all the suspenseful buildup of that… We get to see the scientist capture the worm alien and be excited, showing why he was not so scared of the mutated alien worm… These scenes are CRUTIAL and were butchered for the shit theatrical. We need a real cut else this movie will remain a giant bomb in my opinion.