Those who followed the marketing campaign for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, especially through trailers and TV spots, likely noticed that several scenes featured didn’t make it into the film’s theatrical release, leading some to question exactly what was cut.
In a new interview with Collider, writes Jason at Ghostbusters News, director Gil Kenan confirmed the existence of what he calls ‘fantastic’ deleted scenes, hoping to eventually have these available as extra materials, likely as part of the film’s upcoming Blu-ray and DVD releases.
“There’s only a couple of deleted scenes. Unfortunately, they’re great scenes, so it’s really hard to do, but they were really necessary to cut for shape and flow. They were fantastic scenes that came sort of too late in the film, when you really wanted to watch the preparations for the final siege on the firehouse come together. I’m definitely including them in whatever extra materials come out later on because I’m proud of the scenes.”
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Kenan adds that he “wants audiences looking for an expanded experience with this film to be able to have those scenes and assess how they would have fit into the whole”.
When asked about the possibility of an extended cut, he’d quickly reject the idea, saying: “I’m not really an extended-cut kind of guy. I believe that the film that comes out for audiences is forged by fire. The process of finishing the film is what makes the product.”
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