Kenny Ortega: Expect 2-3 hours of additional footage on This Is It DVD

Exclusive: Director Kenny Ortega Says Expect 2 to 3 Hours of Additional Footage on THIS IS IT DVD/Blu-ray

A few days ago I got to speak with director Kenny Ortega for Michael
Jackson’s “This Is It” as a reporter for our partner’s at Omelete.
Since Ortega has spoken at great length about the project to other
websites and media outlets, I tried to ask some news questions. The
main thing I wanted to know was since they had shot around 100 hours of
footage when documenting the rehearsals, how much additional footage
could fans expect to see on the eventual DVD/Blu-ray. According to
Ortega, we’re going to get between two and three hours of additional
footage. He also told me it won’t be added into the movie like a
director’s cut but will be part of the extras section. And for people
wondering when it’ll be released, he says early next year. Watch the
full interview after the jump:


Kenny Ortega
* Has he ever been to Brazil
* Did anyone help him decide what to use from the 100 hours of footage
* What will be on the DVD/Blu-ray - says early next year it will be
released and there will be 2 or 3 hours of additional footage
* Says the movie will be as is and all the additional footage will be a separate section of the DVD
* What is he doing next

Video- http://www.collider.com/2009/10/31/e...it-dvdblu-ray/

Wasn't sure where to put this...sorry if I posted it in the wrong forum D=

yes! i would like to see more of michael directing and controlling.

icy55 wrote:yes! i would like to see more of michael directing and controlling.

A controlling MJ!! I like it!!!

THE JACKSONOLOGIST wrote:

icy55 wrote:yes! i would like to see more of michael directing and controlling.

A controlling MJ!! I like it!!!

Yeah me too! I think we will see more of Michael directing in the future when he is back I think he stops to do concerts and stuff and starts with movies!

He IS so very much in control!

This is interesting and can't wait to see additional footage but one question... Why ask KO "have you ever been to Brazil?" I didn't see the relevance fo that question. Does anyone know?

That wouldn't be a lot of extra work, would it?

"Within days of Jackson’s death, AEG started editing the rehearsal footage into a narrative at AEG’s L.A. Live facilities. “Under armed guards we had the editors working for three weeks collating 130 hours [of footage] and distilling it down to three-and-a-half hours in the first pass,” Phillips says. “And then we took 12 minutes of that and used it as a demo.” "
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i148e1ece59e59865bd457f8d283482ee

Well that makes sense...A lot of people are gonna download the movie or see i online before the DVD comes out and they have to ensure sales...Makes perfect sense! Good business

I'm just hoping for Dirty Diana...=3

But more footage of Michael is always welcome.

Truth_or_Dare wrote:Well that makes sense...A lot of people are gonna download the movie or see i online before the DVD comes out and they have to ensure sales...Makes perfect sense! Good business

I know right. Definitely good business, heh heh

And GODDDD, Michael's control is AMAZING!!! He wants it a certain way, you better do it! MJ's way, or the highway