Harry Potter: One of the directors of the saga wants his Director’s Cut

News culture Harry Potter: One of the directors of the saga wants his Director’s Cut

Chris Colombus who had the tough job of adapting Harry Potter and the Wizarding School

, actually stated that he would like many publish the trial version of the film, shown to a selected audience before it opens in theaters. Currently the longest available version is 2:39, only 7 minutes longer than the one released in 2001. If you know the world of JK Rowling, you usually know that an additional ghost appears in the story.

it is Peeves, a mischievous poltergeist whose characters often cross. This last one was actually integrated into the film, played by Rik Mayall, but the footage was eventually removed. The trial version conjured up by Chris Colombus takes 3 hours

, that’s 20 to 30 minutes more than viewers can currently see:

We knew the film would work because we did a few previews. I’m particularly thinking of a show in Chicago where our first cut lasted almost three hours. The parents then said it was too long, the children said it was too short. I thought kids probably have shorter attention spans, so that’s a good thing. Almost half an hour of footage was then removed. (…) We have to reinstate Peeves who was cut out of the film!

When asked by The Wrap, a Warner Bros. representative, stated that to the best of his knowledge no plans Director’s Cut of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was not in progress. It is hard to imagine, however, that the production company would not heed the fans’ desire to see the extended versions of the films, stripped of many sequences to fit into an acceptable format. And you, would you like to discover this version including the mischievous Peeves?

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