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<\/a>Wow. We all knew that the Wachowski brothers had been hired to oversee some pretty substantial reshoots<\/a> on Oliver Hirschbiegel\u2019s The Invasion<\/a><\/i>, the long-in-gestation fourth version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/i> (following the versions made in 1956, 1978 and 1993). But now Collider.com<\/a> reports that the reshoots may have been way<\/i> more substantial than any of us had guessed:<\/span><\/p>\n
I have spent the last few days researching this story on The Invasion and if you\u2019re a fan of The Wachowski Brothers this might make your day. . . .<\/p>\n
It was reported that they came in to shoot a new ending. But I can report that they rewrote over 2\/3 of the film<\/b>, and brought in their trusted colleague, James Mcteigue (V For Vendetta), to direct the material while they were busy prepping their own film.<\/p>\n
Joel Silver and Warner Bros. knew that they were capable of creating a more commercially accessible and large scale film than had previously been put together. Apparently, the earlier cut may have been a little artsy, talky, and not exactly a summer tentpole.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If that much of the film really has<\/i> been re-shot, then for all intents and purposes, the version coming out this summer would be more of a remake of Hirschbiegel\u2019s unseen film than anything else. In which case, who knows, maybe we\u2019ll get to see both<\/i> versions some day. Based on their past work, I know that I, for one, am more interested in Hirschbiegel\u2019s version than McTeigue\u2019s.<\/p>\n
I am reminded of how Renny Harlin shot his version of the Exorcist<\/i> prequel almost from scratch, after the studio decided it didn\u2019t like Paul Schrader\u2019s virtually completed version, and now both versions are in the Exorcist<\/i> boxed set<\/a>. Or maybe this is more like the two versions of Superman II<\/a><\/i> \u2014 although in that case, the original director didn\u2019t get to finish shooting his version.<\/p>\n
Incidentally, all those other films were put out by Warner, too.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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