Director Ari Aster has announced that his polarizing horror-drama-comedy “Midsommar” will have an upcoming director’s cut that will include 30 minutes of additional new footage [via Reddit AMA]. “Working on extended cut now,” Aster confirmed on Reddit. “Won’t be 1 hour and 20 minutes longer, but will be at least 30 minutes longer.”The theatrical cut clocked in at 147-minutes — A 177 minute cut of “Midsommar” is more than welcome, hell, I would even bet, it could potentially be the better movie.
Aster has mentioned in the past that a few of his favorite scenes went to the cutting room floor: “There were a lot of scenes that were cut, and probably a few that helped illustrate she was losing her grip on her sanity, which you hopefully still see.” [via USA Today].
As expected, Snyder's latest is being torn apart by TIFF attendees. No mercy given. The film, which had its world premiere this evening, is being called by some one of the worst movies to ever premiere at the festival.