‘Voyagers’ Director Neil Burger Reveals What He Had to Cut to Get a PG-13 Rating

With Voyagers opening in theaters this weekend, I recently spoke with writer-director Neil Burger about making his sci-fi thriller. During the interview, he talked about how Voyagers depicts a possible future for our planet to survive, why he made to make certain cuts to get a PG-13 rating, if he had a longer cut, his desire to eventually release an unrated version, and more. In addition, he talked about directing Billions, how he’s developing his dream project, and the status of his next film, The Marsh King’s Daughter, with Daisy Ridley. If you haven’t seen the trailers, Voyagers takes place about forty years in the future and it’s about a group of young men and women sent on a very long expedition to colonize a distant planet with the goal of saving the human race. As their mission unfolds, and with the passage of time, they uncover secrets about the way they are being managed, which leads them to exploring their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they’re consumed b