Guillermo Del Toro Ready to Release Mimic: Director’s Cut
Back before Guillermo Del Toro won the hearts of fanboys the world over with Blade II and Hellboy, his first mainstream Hollywood flick was a fairly mediocre monster movie called Mimic. To be honest, I can’t remember much about the movie now (my mental images of the film seem to be mixed up with The Relic, which was also released in 1997… go figure) but a quick visit to Rotten Tomatoes reveals that it was mostly panned back when it came out (although Ebert did give it 3 and a half stars). It’s certainly one of the least talked about movies in Del Toro’s filmography, but it would be pretty interesting to revisit it now, 12 years later. And hey, guess what? We will all get the chance to do exactly that with a brand new director’s cut of the film, coming to DVD this July!
Our friend Swarez over at Twitch reveals that Dimension Films will release a 12th Anniversary Edition of Mimic on July 8th. The new cut is based on a reworking of the film that Del Toro had been doing on his own time, restoring some of the “fake scares”, darker tone, and (possibly) the original ending. Extras will include an audio commentary, making of featurette, and more. What did you think of Mimic? Do you think a Director’s Cut will improve it, or was simply an early misfire from a talented filmmaker?
Update: This is 100% bogus. Swarez put one over on us, once again proving that you can’t believe anything you read on April Fool’s Day!
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One of my all-time favorite guilty pleasures. Can’t WAIT for this.
Posted by Slushie Man on April 1st, 2009As the day is nearly over. Sean, you’ve been played by OMAR.
Posted by Kurt on April 1st, 2009Haha I should have known better than to believe anything I read today. Even the believable stuff. It did cross my mind that it was fake, but the artwork was convincing enough and there had also been mention of this in the past. Kudos to Omar, I can only hope someone has similarly fallen prey to Jay’s Batman casting news.
Posted by Sean on April 1st, 2009If you look at the “catalog number” on the spine you can see a big hint there.
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