during a Henson-themed exhibit. During the talk, he announced that the film would be released as a new special edition with the original ending restored. Warner Bros. reconstructed and restored the ending in an alternate edit, with re-discovered color negatives of the sequence and the help of production notes from Oz and others on the film's creative team. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 9, 2012, with features returning from the original DVD. It was initially subtitled as "The Intended Cut", but changed to "The Director's Cut" once Oz began to support the release. The new edit was screened at the 50th New York Film Festival in the "Masterwork" line-up on September 29, 2012, alongside titles such as Laurence Olivier's Richard III and Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate. Oz worried that the audience would react negatively at the 2012 screening; however, "the audience accepted Audrey and Seymour's deaths with applause and roared in glee during the plant rampage," says Oz. Cancelled remake In January 2020, Full Circle Cinema reported that a remake of the film was planned, with Taron Egerton in talks to play Seymour, Scarlett Johansson as Audrey and Billy Porter voicing Audrey II. The Hollywood Reporter affirmed in February that the film was being developed by Warner Bros. Pictures with Greg Berlanti directing and producing with Marc Platt and David Geffen, Porter confirmed, and Egerton and Johansson in negotiations. Additionally, Chris Evans was also in talks to play Dr. Scrivello. Matthew Robinson was to write the screenplay. As of May 2021, the remake had been postponed indefinitely, and in September 2022 it was announced that the remake had been cancelled. See also List of films featuring eclipses References External links Little Shop of Horrors 1986 films 1980s comedy horror films 1980s science fiction comedy films 1980s musical comedy films 1980s monster movies American black comedy films American comedy horror films American science fiction comedy films American monster movies American musical comedy films American rock musicals American science fiction horror films 1980s English-language films Films about dentistry Films about plants Films based on musicals Films based on musicals based on films Films directed by Frank Oz Puppet films Films set in the 1960s Films set in New York City Films shot at Pinewood Studios The Geffen Film Company films Musical film remakes Science fiction musical films Films with screenplays by Howard Ashman Warner Bros. films 1986 comedy