Jurassic World Rebirth director Gareth Edwards revealed that the studio ordered him to put back the scenes that were initially cut from the film.
The new installment in the Jurassic franchise has been one of the highly anticipated movies this year, with Edward directing this time around. While the reviews from critics are mixed, audiences are seemingly loving it based on the scores and its initial box office results.
Why Did Universal Want to Restore Cut Scenes in Jurassic World Rebirth?
In an interview with io9, Edwards shared that he initially wanted Jurassic World Rebirth's runtime to be under two hours.
However, he was ordered by Universal Pictures to put back the cut scenes into the film, which ended up having an official runtime of 133 minutes (including credits).
"I was determined to do a film that was under two hours. And so we showed this one hour 59 [minute] cut to the studio," the director explained.
"And essentially their note was like, ‘Great, could you put the five minutes that you cut out back in?’ And so we put those five minutes back in, and it was essentially the movie."
Edwards did not disclose the reason why the studio wanted him to put back the cut scenes into the film.
This is an unusual situation since most studios usually want a shorter runtime for their films, but somehow, they wanted to add a few more minutes to Rebirth.
Are There Other Deleted Scenes in Jurassic World Rebirth?
Edwards also revealed that three deleted scenes did not make it into the final cut of Jurassic World Rebirth. They will likely be available in the home video release.
While he was fine cutting two of them, there was one scene that he was conflicted about removing.
"I really wanted [it] to stay in the movie. I really liked it. And that was a kill-your-baby sort of moment. I won’t ruin it for people, but there’s a section out the front of the gas station that used to be a little bit more like being hunted," he explained.
"The tension of something coming. And it was a note from [writer] David Koepp, which was essentially, the third act, if you give it a name, it would be ‘Run like hell.’ And so basically once they started running, it was like, don’t make them stop. And it felt like it stopped again."
Edwards added, "And so we removed that idea, those beats, and it got a lot better. But I do really like what happened in the bit where they did stop. And that will be on the extras."
So far, there is no release date set yet for the home video version of Jurassic World Rebirth.
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