When later interviewed for Nintendolife.com in early September 2009, director Holland admitted that he had some issues with the final script- "I argued with the studio that we were shooting way too much footage- more than we could ever possibly use [...] I lost the argument and was told flat out by Universal to shoot the entire script". According to Holland, the original cut of the film was over 2.5 hours long and that nearly an hour of footage needed to be deleted in order to make the film a suitable length for family viewing. The deleted material was finally released in 2020 on the collector's edition blu-ray of the film. Most of the deleted footage comes from the original cut of the opening act which explores Corey's home life in more detail, including deliberately antagonizing his older brother, his mother's emotional issues surrounding Jimmy and her divide from her former family. Nick's alcoholism is also explored in more detail as well as additional clips from the road trip scenes. Trucker Spankey gets more screen time in the deleted scenes also, explaining his role in more detail and there are more clips from the final Video Game Armageddon contest.