Having topped the worldwide box office this past weekend with $301 million, director David Leitch has revealed to CinemaBlend that he’s currently working on an extended cut of the hit superhero sequel.
“There’s an extended cut,” said Leitch. “And I think that they may want to spin that out as a special thing, but right now I’m sort of… we’re taking our time, and it’s going back to the ‘director cut,’ and then sort of collaborating with Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, and Paul Wernick, and making sure we’re all getting all the jokes we want – to have it be fun and our sort of fun collaboration.”
Leitch went on to reveal that his original assembly cut of the film ran 12 minutes longer than the theatrical release, so presumably the extended edition would feature most, if not all, of that material.
As for when we might see the extended cut, it’s presumably being eyed for a Blu-ray release. That being said, we’re still waiting on the extended edition of the first movie, so let’s hope this one actually materialises.
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