![]() Fuhrman didn’t end up appearing in the film’s theatrical version, but it’s clear based on this clip that she’s a character who’s *very* important to the mythology of the franchise. The Blu-ray art promises, “Game master exposed in extended cut.”Ī clip from one of those brand new alternate scenes has been shared by The Wrap today, and it notably puts Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman back into the movie. The “Extended Cut” will include 25-minutes of brand new footage, with an alternate beginning and ending. Isabelle Fuhrman is incredible and I’m glad this cut is getting its day in the sun.” ![]() The “extended cut” which should appropriately be called the “alternate cut”, has a whole bunch of cool mythology and behind the scenes of Minos. With both Theatrical and Extended cuts, Tournament of Champions will be released digitally on September 21st, and it’s then coming to Blu-ray on October 5th.Īs director Adam Robitel explains in his own words, “For fans of Escape Room… there are TWO versions of the movie to experience. But you get into it with a lot of cooks in the kitchen and they’re like ‘cut, cut, cut, cut, cut.’ So at the end of the day, until I have director’s cut, I’m at the whim of the gentle chainsaw.” Seems like the sub-90 minutes theatrical cut was more a studio thing and, hopefully, this extended cut is more the filmmaker’s vision.Adam Robitel‘s sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is coming home for Halloween, and as we learned last week, a new alternate version of the movie will be included. Speaking to the Wrap earlier this year, he said ‘“My director’s cut was 45 minutes longer. We do know Robitel has hinted that the theatrical version of the film wasn’t his ultimate vision. This raises a ton of questions: why were the changes made? Why was one version released in theatres and the other not? Plus, does the existence of one version of this film negate the existence of the other? Regarding all of that, a Sony representative couldn’t comment but did say further details on the home release of Escape Room: Tournament of Champions would be available soon and clear all this up. If the runtimes on Movies Anywhere (88 minutes theatrical, 96 minutes extended) are accurate, and the new, extended cut of Escape Room actually has 25 minutes of “all new scenes,” the maths works out to 17 minutes of the theatrical version being cut. We won’t spoil what happens but Reddit threads seem to suggest the current description that’s been added to Wikipedia is accurate. This ending introduced a whole new family who worked at Minos and saw Zoey leave the game, after which she meets the daughter of that family who began to unravel some of the mystery behind the company. People who were watching (probably illegally, we should note) the sequel online saw a whole new version which dumped the elaborate plane storyline in favour of an even bigger one. Some saw the film in theatres, where its ending revealed that the whole movie was an elaborate trap to get the star, Zoey (Taylor Russell), to face her biggest fear, getting on a plane. An Gizmodo reader who goes by JR first alerted us to fans online who were very confused. However, in the second film, Tournament of Champions, you don’t really get any of that - there are plenty of new, cool, elaborate escape rooms, but the movie lacks any real escalation of the franchise mythology in regards to Minos.Īt least, that’s how it went in the theatrical version. The survivors of the first film then move onto the second film where they vow to take down the company they believe is behind is all, Minos. Both films are directed by Adam Robitel ( Insidious: The Last Key) and tell the story of a seemingly random group of strangers who find themselves caught in a deadly series of rooms that they must escape from or die. A second film was quickly put in the works and released in July 2021. The first Escape Room was released in January 2019 and grossed over $US150 ($203) million worldwide. One is the 88 minute theatrical cut and the other is a 96 minute extended cut which may blow the door wide open on the series’ mythology.Īccording to a description on Movies Anywhere, the longer digital version “includes more than 25 minutes of all new scenes including an alternate beginning and ending revealing for the first time who is behind the Minos Corporation.” That sure sounds like the franchise’s big bad is being revealed in an extended edition that’s completely different from the one we saw in theatres. On September 21, the second Escape Room film, subtitled Tournament of Champions, will be released digitally, with two different versions. Leave it to a film franchise called Escape Room to make its movies a puzzle for fans.
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