Will A Director's Cut Of MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS Be Re-released Into Theaters?

Will A Director's Cut Of MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS Be Re-released Into Theaters?

Just a rumor doing the rounds for now, but there is a possibility we will see Joss Whedon's amazing The Avengers back in theaters soon enough - and with those highly anticipated additional 35 minutes added on..

By MarkCassidy - Jun 12, 2012 03:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers

I saw this earlier on but didn't pay too much attention as it seemed ridiculous to think that Marvel would re-release the movie so soon after its first theatrical run, but, it seems there might be some truth to it after all. The rumor first popped up over at Superheroauthority, who write..

The Avengers is sitting comfortably at No. 3 overall on both the domestic and International ticket sale charts but it seems both Marvel and Disney desire the No. 1 overall spot and a current rumor says they could be contemplating releasing The Avengers: Director's Cut in theaters at the end of this summer.




So basically, word is Marvel really want those #1 and #2 spots currently held by Avatar and Titanic, and plan to re-release The Avengers will an extra 35 or so minutes of screen time back into theaters to try and nab them. And now Movies.com have picked up on the story, but add that although Marvel have declined to comment, one Hollywood insider has conformed that this is at least a possibility. So, as strange as it sounds, we might just get to see that highly anticipated director's cut of The Avengers in theaters a lot sooner that we expected.









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ISleepNow
ISleepNow - 6/12/2012, 3:25 PM
Cool, glad I waited :)
SimyJo
SimyJo - 6/12/2012, 3:28 PM
HELL YEEEEEEAH !!!

I'd go and see a theatrical directors cut, but what I REALLY want is a seemless branching Blu-Ray directors cut on the 17th September - dreaming I know.
Knightrider
Knightrider - 6/12/2012, 3:31 PM
Although I would debate a directors cut is a, although slightly, different movie. Did Titanic 3D add to the takings of Titanic?

I think if they want number 1 spot then, just let it leave the cinema naturally, then 2 weeks before the DVD comes out re-release the movie, then I think it would take the number 1 spot.
IronSpider101
IronSpider101 - 6/12/2012, 3:32 PM
Ehhh, I'll wait until DVD.

I love the movie, don't get me wrong. But this feels a bit excessive to me.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 6/12/2012, 3:32 PM
i would totally go see that... twice!
SageMode
SageMode - 6/12/2012, 3:32 PM
Will be back in the theaters for this. Mos def
DEADP0000L
DEADP0000L - 6/12/2012, 3:34 PM
how much i loved avengers i need to move on. its not you it's me. there is alot more Films coming out this year i want to see. but i promise i will get you on BLue Ray :)
TheStranger
TheStranger - 6/12/2012, 3:34 PM
ehhhhh don't do it Marvel...I LOVED the movie, but you need to wait a bit, really.
DEADP0000L
DEADP0000L - 6/12/2012, 3:35 PM
i did see avengers 4 times in 3D. IMAX 3D twice
Greengo
Greengo - 6/12/2012, 3:35 PM
I effing hope so

Do it.

Do it.
captainbeta
captainbeta - 6/12/2012, 3:37 PM
I would take my whole clan again. Awesome movie. He said in an interview he cut a few things out. I would love to see them.
Greengo
Greengo - 6/12/2012, 3:37 PM
Shake that money maker!

DOWN WITH AVATARRRRRRRRR!!!!
thewonderer
thewonderer - 6/12/2012, 3:38 PM
I think what Marvel should do is release Avengers again before Avengers 2. With some great marketing and a highly anticipated Avengers 2, they could very well reach number 1
Knightrider
Knightrider - 6/12/2012, 3:40 PM
@KMaguire99 I think a re-release, down the line is a much better option. As I said above Avengers: The Directors Cut if released should start at 0 and have its own takings and not be added to the Avengers, not that I wouldn't love to see it be number 1, but they are two movies.

If you are going to do, and I hope Avengers does, then the Avengers has to do it, not Avengers + Avengers: The Directors Cut.

Minato
Minato - 6/12/2012, 3:40 PM
PLEASE GOD MAKE IT SO
himynameisnik
himynameisnik - 6/12/2012, 3:42 PM
Joss has said he doesn't agree with Directors Cuts though?
Knightrider
Knightrider - 6/12/2012, 3:44 PM
@ToDandy Cheers I wasn't sure if it did, which again I personally believe that shouldn't have added to the original takings too, although if the film remained the same it would have more of a right to claim it should, but again the moment you change even the slightest thing, then the viewing experience is not same for everybody and thus any movie and I mean any movie should then get treated as a separate entity altogether.

FriendlyNeighborhoodSpidey
FriendlyNeighborhoodSpidey - 6/12/2012, 3:46 PM
I WOULD TOTALLY SEE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jessepostal
jessepostal - 6/12/2012, 3:47 PM
It would def make some serious money if they did, I'd go see it
gambgel
gambgel - 6/12/2012, 3:47 PM
what a cheap way from the studio to get even more money from the fans.

If you really like the cut footage, you should have included it in the first version, not a few months later.
hartley07
hartley07 - 6/12/2012, 3:48 PM
i dont care if they put it in the theater. I WANT TO OWN IT. give me news about a directors cut on bluray.
iJackSparrow
iJackSparrow - 6/12/2012, 3:50 PM
I've been to seven The Avengers screenings and I plan to go at least more three times, possibly more. Now all I need is to The Amazing Spider-Man to be The [frick]ing Brilliant Spider-Man and that in The Avengers Director's Cut, the Oscorp building appears this time.
Bread
Bread - 6/12/2012, 3:50 PM
HELL YEA I'LL SEE THAT VERSION ANOTHER 3 TIMES EXTENDED SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 6/12/2012, 3:51 PM
Oh I'm so there!
iJackSparrow
iJackSparrow - 6/12/2012, 3:58 PM
I want them to estabilish that the Oscorp building exists in the same Marvel Cinematic Universe. I'm okay with them working this out for the next films. I'm okay to set my head as The Amazing Spider-Man is happening before The Avengers events. I want an appearance of him in the next Avengers film and Peter acknowledging how [frick]ing crazy the World is since after he got his powers and fought with the Lizard in TASM 2.

This is the stuff that always made Marvel so [frick]ing awesome and I feel that will translated perfectly for the cinematic universe.

And this is for the ones that think there's just no way that Marvel and Sony will work out an agreement to The Amazing Spider-Man to happen in the same Marvel Cinematic Universe as the other Marvel Films:

http://latino-review.com/2012/06/11/spider-man-the-avengers-sort/

We are very close of that. And this my friends, this is Marvel Fanboys heaven. I never doubted that TASM would be nothing short of amazing, and from the buzz coming from the press screenings, I was right all along. The reboot seems to fit perfectly with the Marvel Cinematic Universe tone, and it's the best interests of the studios and the public that all this characters coexist together.

Am I hopeful that we'll see the X-Men amd the Fantastic Four fighting together with The Avengers anytime soon? No, I think Fox is far too dumb to even negotiate something like that. But I do believe that we are very close of having all the stories integrated in the same universe.

The timing to introduce Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is perfect right now, right after the gate of The Avengers. If TASM prove itself as the best Spider-Man film yet and Marc Webb and the cast seem to have nailed this one big time, well, then this is it. This is comic book movie heaven, folks. Not only two superb comic book movies in one year, but three, and three box office monsters with public and critical acclaim.

This year will become stuff for the legends. We'll remember this year as the year that the year that comic book films consolidate themselves as the biggest money makers of Hollywood. I'm sincerily hoping that the three of them, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Dark Knight Rises are ALL game changers, and that if the last two live up to their hype as much as The Avengers did, that they become box office monster too. It's possible, people. We've won. The geeks have won. The ceiling is off.
iJackSparrow
iJackSparrow - 6/12/2012, 4:00 PM
As for the Nolanites, you are forgetting or trying to understimate The Amazing Spider-Man. This film will make a HELL of lot of people pissed off, and it isn't because it's bad.
MJPETTY7
MJPETTY7 - 6/12/2012, 4:01 PM
YES!!!!!!
iJackSparrow
iJackSparrow - 6/12/2012, 4:02 PM
as the year that comic book films *
Talontd
Talontd - 6/12/2012, 4:04 PM
Nice @ROR! I take it you saw my tweet??

I LOVE this idea, they are kinda screwing themselves out of the initial blu-ray money (release the theatrical cut, then 6mths later releasing the directors cut), but I sure as heck don't mind!!!

My only problem with this is that JOSS WHEDON specifically stated that there would be no directors cut! I'm working so I don't have time to search it out, but it was around the time all the articles about the running time were out...
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