David Farnor | On 30, Aug 2024

Apple TV+ has surprise-dropped Napoleon: The Director’s Cut.

Written by David Scarpa, Ridley Scott’s film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor and military leader. The film is an original and personal look at Napoleon’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine, played by Vanessa Kirby.

The film captures Napoleon’s famous battles, relentless ambition and strategic mind as an extraordinary military leader and war visionary.

“Ridley Scott’s romp of a biopic takes a cannon to the mythical French general’s many reputations,” we wrote in our review, which was released on Apple TV+ in March after its theatrical run last year.

Now, Ridley Scott and Apple have unveiled a director’s cut with 48 additional minutes of new, never-before-seen footage. It delves deeper into Josephine’s origin story and features more extravagant costumes, new larger-than-life sets and the previously unreleased Battle of Marengo scene, plus offers more details about Napoleon’s demise, from his attempted assassination to his failed invasion of Russia.

Here’s trailer for the new, longer version of the epic:

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