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Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-ray Next Year?


Posted July 27, 2009 10:06 AM by Josh Dreuth


New Line Cinema In an interview with Collider.com, director Peter Jackson gave some insight into the upcoming Blu-ray releases of 'The Lord of the Rings'. He was able to not only confirm what we already knew, that the upcoming Blu-ray release of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy' would present the theatrical versions of the films, but also that the Extended Editions of the films would be available on Blu-ray next year.


According to Jackson, the studio has already spoken to him about developing additional extra content for the 'The Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition Trilogy' Blu-ray release. This new content would presumably be added to the content available on the existing 12-disc DVD box set for the Blu-ray release.


It was previously believed that the Extended Edition Blu-ray release would be held back until the theatrical release of 'The Hobbit', but Jackson's remarks seem to indicated otherwise. Time will tell, but to get a release of this magnitude completed in less than a year (assuming they would start after the November 3rd release of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy') may be a little ambitious.


Source: Collider | Permalink | Relevant for: United States



** Now we have our own thread!LOL

 

[Jmouse007]

I will wait, I have no intention of buying the watered down theater release, P E R I O D!


I guess New Line and Jackson read the handwriting on the wall feedback posts on Amazon.com have been running: 300 to 1 AGAINST buying the theater release of LOTR (with a reviewers rating of just ONE STAR!) and holding out for the extended edition directors cut of the three films.

 

[Franin]

Will be getting these also.

 

[cnikirk]

This will certainly hurt the TE sales. I for one can wait another year.

 

[vancouver]

Great news...not that I was going to buy the TE anyway.

 

[xb1032]

I can definitely wait.

 

[joeblow]

It's much better than the rumored 2012 release date, that's for sure. I can patiently wait for this to come out.

 

[leem6453]

I keep saying to myself that I will wait for EE, but I wonder what will happen when I walk into a b & m store and see LOTR on blu-ray right there in front of me. I don't know if I'll be able to stop myself.

 

[Faceless Rebel]

Well, if you have even a modicum of self-control, that really shouldn't be a problem for you. However if you do not, well then I think you'll have bigger problems than which version of a movie you're going to buy anyways.

I'll rent the TEs when they are released, enjoy them for an evening or two with friends and family, and return them. I'm not going to re-buy both the TEs and EEs, my TE DVDs already do nothing but sit around and gather dust and I have no intention of making that mistake again.

 

[Favelle]

I will wait. I'm certainly not dumb enough to buy this stuff twice.

 

[AmishFury]

i can wait a year... i was already willing to wait until any the various rumored release dates for the EE


it's not like the PQ on the DVDs is at dollar store DVD level

 

[private Angus]

these news really kill theTE, i guess new line will be pretty pisses, that jackson already revealed this fact.

I asume without these news the TE would have sold much better....


thanks PETER !!! i can wait a year...

 

[PooperScooper]

Please use the existing LOTR threads for discussion where the EE is already being discussed. No need for 2 threads when neither of the discs sets are out. http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1137098 Come November, we'll see what happens wrt a separate thread.


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