Ridley Scott has chopped down his Napoleon director’s cut, but it's still over 4 hours

Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix on set of Napoleon.
(Image credit: Sony)

Ridley Scott is no stranger to a d🧜irector's cut, and his upco🌺ming movie Napoleon will be no different.

The director, known for an incredible body of work that includes 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Gladiator, Alien, and Blade Runner, has been open𒁏 about his plans for a director's cut of his new film, Napoleon. Now, he's given an update on how it's looking in our celebration issue.

"I’m working on it. It was four [hours] 10 [minutes] this morning," Scott tells us in the new issue, which hits newsstands on Thursday, October 12. "And so what will happen is, we’ll screen [the theatrical cut] first with Sony, and then it has its run, and then the perfect thing is that [the director’s cut] goes to streaming, a🤡nd we have four hours 10 minutes."

Napoleon focuses on the French emperor's rise to power (and tremendous fall) within the context of his relationship with Empress Joséphine (Vanessa Kirb♓y). The film marks a reunion with Gladiat๊or actor Joaquin Phoenix, who plays the French leader. It also stars Tahar Rahim, Ben Miles, Ludivine Sagnier, and Rupert Everett. 

The directors' cut 💖isn't the only tease that Scott had for his upcoming drama. He also opens up to Total Film about 👍how he managed to film it in just 62 days, which included the staging of six epic battles. 

"Every scene is geometry," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:he explains. "By having 11 to 14 cameras, we shot Napoleon in 62 da🅷ys. I’m doing Gladiator 2 now in 54 days, because I’m not doing 50 takes with one camera, on one shot, and then turning around."

Napoleon opens in cinemas on November 22. For much more on the film and Ridley Scott’s career, pick up a copy of the news issue of Total Film when it hits shelves on Octobeꦰr 🐼12. Check out the covers below:

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Editor-at-Large, Total Film

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