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Rumory

Not Content With Making All the Money, Will The Avengers Be Re-Released to Make All the Future’s Money, Too?

by Jamie Frevele | 9:32 am, June 13th, 2012


Hey, remember that time before The Avengers opened, and we all got super excited about it opening, and then it opened and made a billion dollars? Good times, right? Well, Marvel has been stroking their long, pointy beard and thinking, “Hey, what if we bring back those glory days of early last month and release the director’s cut of The Avengers in theaters and make another billion dollars?” It’s not anywhere near official, but apparently, there are rumblings of such a thing taking place.

As I said, this is far from a sure thing, but Blastr points out that it would make a heck of a lot of sense from an advertising standpoint. The DVD and Blu-ray of The Avengers is set to hit stores in September, and a late summer re-release of the movie with additional scenes — ready for the big screen and in glorious 3D — is a pretty great way to remind all those people who loved the movie that they can own it for themselves in a short amount of time, plus all that extra stuff! Meanwhile, let’s have one last SMASH on the big screen, for old times’ sake!

Besides, Joss Whedon is everyone’s favorite comic book movie director now, so who wouldn’t want to see a rumored 35 more minutes of what he made for us on the big screen? Do you know anyone who saw The Avengers and loved it complain about the two-and-a-half-hour run time?

And, if Marvel just wants to rub it all in James Cameron‘s face, another $200 million or so would mean beating out the total returns for Avatar — The Avengers has made $572.3 million after just over a month in theaters, Avatar has made $760.5 million overall. So, there’s the super fun “spitey” element. (Hehe, see what I did there?)

The story originally came from a forum on ComicBook.com, according to Superhero Authority, where someone brought up the idea of a re-release and a “Hollywood source” confirmed that there were talks, but nothing has been confirmed by Marvel or anyone else. So, we’re going to once again emphasize that this is all just a rumor. Maybe the director’s cut can include that other rumory Easter egg: The Amazing Spider-Man‘s Oscorp tower.

But maybe if we talk about it enough, we can make it happen.

(Superhero Authority via Blastr)

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  • http://twitter.com/chandri Chandri MacLeod

    …I have no words. Only flailing.

  • Anonymous

    I would pay ridiculous amounts of money for this, even though I’m buying the Blu-Ray in September ANYWAY

    *collapses into a ball of feels*

  • http://twitter.com/HMSFox Susan

    Already have spent $30 seeing this three times, was going to buy the BluRay special (BluRay w Digital copy) when it comes out, was considering a fourth run at the theater–maybe now I have a reason to wait on the fourth run.

    Marvel, you glorious money-suck.  And yet I’m happy to shovel-feed you money…and if we beat Cameron’s Avatar in the process, all the better.

  • http://twitter.com/LJo83 Lindsay Beaton

    Here, Marvel. *flings over debit card* Just…just take it. You win. I’m not even going to try to stop you. *waves hands in glorious defeat* Just bring me back some popcorn. And nachos. With lots of that fake cheese stuff.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3429243 Alana Beltzer

    SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!

  • Carmen Sandiego

    Not to bring down this chain of comments, but Joss Whedon never does director’s cuts.  The one that went into theaters is the one he said was his director’s cut.

    The only thing I can think of is them adding deleted scenes.  That would be okay by me.   I just went to see Avengers for the 4th time lats night (I had a $10 reward on my theater club card), and it holds up to repeat viewings.

  • http://www.facebook.com/mark.matson6 Mark Matson

    “Never”?  He only has one other movie to his name.

    Whedon might object to calling this a “director’s cut”, but I think marketing could work around that.  Or they could just pay Whedon a higher percentage for the re-release; I could easily see him going meta and publicly announcing he sold out, putting in scenes he really likes but don’t make the movie overall better.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_G4EU7GLSNC6XT4UE6IJCFYY7UQ Will

    Not to be the other one to break the chain of comments, but is it actually plausible that the movie would break any more records with a fall re-release?  Even with a director’s cut, I don’t know if there’s precedent to show that it could make another $200M.

    Granted, money is money, and records are for the fans.

  • http://twitter.com/scarecroe scarecroe

    I’ll see it again. And then buy the Blu-ray when it comes out…

  • Michelle Fitzgerald

    I’m right there with the rest of the ‘SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!’ people. I saw this movie three times already, once in 3D just to see if it was worth it (it wasn’t) and then twice again in normalD and I loved it all three times! The second time was with a friend and there were a lot of kids in the audience (oddly enough not many in the midnight release I saw the first time :P). When you know who gets stabbed pretty much every kid cried out ‘NO!!!’ It was priceless.

  • Anonymous

    SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

  • Life Lessons

    YES YES YES YES YES! I WANT ANOTHER 35 MINUTES – OR MORE – OF THE AVENGERS AND I WANT IT NOW IN IMAX AND ALL SCREENS!! NOW!

  • Life Lessons

    The children in the audience are wise and good.

  • Carmen Sandiego

    It’s Joss who has said never, and it wasn’t specifically in reference just to “Serenity”.    Again, though, Marvel could just pull whatever it wants off the cutting room floor and just get his agreement to release it.  Depending on his contract, they might not need his compliance anyway.

  • http://twitter.com/IAmSteamgirl Steamgirl

    Even if I didn’t completely lose my mind when I saw the Avengers, I’d be on board with this just for the possibility of crushing James Cameron’s record ;P

  • Samantha Aaron

     he Avengers has made $572.3 million after just over a month in theaters, Avatar has made $760.5 million overall. So, there’s the super fun “spitey” element. (Hehe, see what I did there?)

    http://www.flingbook.co.za/

  • Alexandra Rothschild

    The Avengers in theaters and make another billion dollars?”
    It’s not anywhere near official, but apparently, there are rumblings of
    such a thing taking place. 

    http://clubpenguincp.com/secret-agent-mission-guides/

  • http://www.facebook.com/gabebrady2390 Gabe Brady

    I LITERALLY SHOUTED ” NO FUCKIN WAY!” OUT LOUD! My parents freaked and were like “OMG WHAT HAPPENED??? ARE YOU OKAY?”
    “MARVEL MIGHT RE-RELEASE THE AVENGERS!!!!” Im grounded for saying “Fuck” out loud TOTALLY WORTH IT IM UP FOR AVENGERS ROUND 4 (4th time seeing it)

  • http://www.facebook.com/gabebrady2390 Gabe Brady

    I LITERALLY SHOUTED ” NO FUCKIN WAY!” OUT LOUD! My parents freaked and were like “OMG WHAT HAPPENED??? ARE YOU OKAY?”
    “MARVEL MIGHT RE-RELEASE THE AVENGERS!!!!” Im grounded for saying “Fuck” out loud TOTALLY WORTH IT IM UP FOR AVENGERS ROUND 4 (4th time seeing it)

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/44666PW253IWBVYYMU4VJXURRU Linaka

     If this was an actual idea, with no doubt in my mind, I would see it again. And again.
    My god, I’m already squealing in my seat as we speak…

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