‘Babylon A.D.’ rumors being laid to rest …

Babylon A.D. has been in the works for a long while now, and things are starting to come out about it. The original release date was February 29th, 2008 but that got canned and is now slated for August 29th 2008.

There have been a bunch of rumors about the moving being cut from 2 hours and 40 minutes, to 70 minutes and being changed from a rated ‘R’, to a ‘PG-13’ rating. Well they are debunking these rumors on the Babylong A.D. Website (via comingsoon.net) …

“The last days have been busy with news about the length and the rating of Babylon AD. I always find it amazing to see rumors grow from other rumors or misunderstanding. Therefore I think the time is good to give you some updates.Babylon AD has never had a 2h40min cut. This rumor came from a joke Mathieu did in front of some journalists last September. Apparently some of them didn’t understand it… The approximate length of the film is 1h40min and this is what has been delivered to our partner, FOX. So I can reassure you, FOX is not chopping up the film and cutting 70min like I read on Rotten Tomatoes ! :-)

Oh and about the PG13, that was a contractual agreement between Fox and us, so there is no surprise on that end.

The truth is Fox – like any other studio – will have their final cut on their territories and Mathieu Kassovitz has his on the European ones. So there will naturally be a few differences between the two versions.

Now about the film, StudioCanal is working on teasers and the poster for the European territories as I speak. A French teaser should be released on the web quite soon !”

Here is the synopsis for those of you that dont know about this movie yet:

“In the near future, Toorop (Vin Diesel) is a mercenary who takes the job of escorting a woman from Russia to Germany. While he thinks this is just an ordinary mission, he gradually finds out that his guest is carrying an organism that has the potential to become the next Messiah — and everybody wants to get their hands on it.“