Edgar Wright has confirmed the Production Weekly tweet announcement that he’s headed back to Toronto for three more days of shooting on “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.” While this isn’t unusual (please see the recent “Twilight: Eclipse” ‘reshoot’ story that had everyone briefly panicked) what is interesting this time around is that Wright may be incorporating elements from Volume 6 of the graphic novel series that is set to hit shelves next month.
In an email to CHUD (via Cinemablend) from Wright he says, “We have material from Vol 6. that is impossible to resist and so even after a nearly a year of editing – it’s going to be fun to put some icing on the cake. We are not even redoing one full scene, just some bits and bobs and new jokes and beats that I wrote with [Michael] Bacall & [series creator Bryan] O’Malley.” Sounds fun, and it seems like Wright really wants to do justice to the series with these late stage additions.
So what does this actually mean? For starters, the version of the film that has had preview audiences buzzing might be slightly different by the time the official movie hits theaters in August. Other than that, it doesn’t sound like any major changes are being made to the main narrative, which is a relief because a) we loved the original script, and b) it’s way too late in the game to start changing those building blocks. New jokes and bits are fine and we’re relieved to hear there are no major foundational shifts.
As we’ve mentioned before the “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” script deviates from the comic books around Volume 3 and then becomes very much its own thing. While this announcement will likely make fans assume there’s a deeper tie-in to book 6, we’re pretty positive they end on completely different notes. That said, the script, while different in spots, had an uncanny knack for capturing the flavor and spirit of the books even when charting its own course. And finally, even though Bacall and Wright wrote the script years ago, they always were in close contact with O’Malley and knew the general arcs of the final book, even if it was not actually completed at the time.
For those that have seen the film already — which feels like everyone, loads of test score audiences and people we know that have raved — consider this news an fyi that there’s reason to see it again when it hits theaters August 13, 2010.
–Written by Kevin Jagernauth