The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy extended editions coming to Blu-ray
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant
Warner Home Video has finally confirmed that THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY, starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen and Liv Tyler, will be released on Blu-ray in a 15-disc set with extended editions, on June 28, 2011. Each movie will be split into two-discs and will be available in 6.1 DTS-HD surround sound. The trilogy will retail for $119.98 and has plenty of special features for the most enthusiastic of fans.
I really enjoyed the LORD OF THE RINGS films, but I don’t think I loved them as much as some out there, however I’m pretty excited about this set. I may just have to do that fifteen hour Middle Earth marathon that I always wanted to do, but to be honest that seems really daunting when I really think about it. At least I have a year to prep myself before THE HOBBIT comes out. Special features are broken down by disc, and they include:
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring feature, Extended Edition – Part 1 (BD)
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – The Untold Story Trailer
- Commentaries:
- Director and writers
- Design team
- Production and post production teams
- Cast
- BD-Live
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring feature, Extended Edition – Part 2 (BD)
- Commentaries:
- Director and writers
- Design team
- Production and post production teams
- Cast
- BD-Live
- Commentaries:
- The Appendices Part 1 From Book to Vision (DVD)
- Peter Jackson Introduction
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle-earth
- From Book to Script
- Visualizing the Story
- Designing and Building Middle-earth
- Middle-earth Atlas Interactive
- New Zealand and Middle-earth Interactive
- The Appendices Part Two From Vision to Reality (DVD)
- Elijah Wood Introduction
- Filming The Fellowship of the Ring
- Visual Effects
- Post Production: Putting It All Together
- Digital Grading
- Sound and Music
- The Road Goes Ever On…
- Behind-the-scenes documentary created by filmmaker Costa Botes during filming of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (DVD)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers feature, Extended Edition – Part 1 (BD)
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – The Untold Story Trailer
- Commentaries:
- Director and writers
- Design team
- Production and post production teams
- Cast
- BD-Live
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers feature, Extended Edition – Part 2 (BD)
- Commentaries:
- Director and writers
- Design team
- Production and post production teams
- Cast
- BD-Live
- Commentaries:
- The Appendices Part 3: The Journey Continues (DVD)
- Peter Jackson Introduction
- JRR Tolkien: Origin of Middle-earth
- From Book to Script: Finding the Story
- Designing and Building Middle-earth
- Gollum
- Middle-earth Atlas Interactive
- New Zealand as Middle-earth
- The Appendices Part 4: The Battle for Middle-earth (DVD)
- Elijah Wood Introduction
- Filming The Two Towers
- Visual Effects
- Editorial: Refining the Story
- Music and Sound
- The Battle for Helm’s Deep is Over…
- Behind-the-scenes documentary created by filmmaker Costa Botes during filming of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (DVD)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King feature, Extended Edition – Part 1 (BD)
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North – The Untold Story Trailer
- Commentaries:
- Director and writers
- Design team
- Production and post production teams
- Cast
- BD-Live
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King feature, Extended Edition – Part 2 (BD)
- Commentaries:
- Director and writers
- Design team
- Production and post production teams
- Cast
- BD-Live
- Commentaries:
- The Appendices Part 5: The War of the Ring (DVD)
- Peter Jackson Introduction
- JRR Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth
- From Book to Script
- Designing and Building Middle-earth
- Home of the Horse Lords
- Middle-earth Atlas
- New Zealand as Middle-earth
- The Appendices Part 6: The Passing of an Age (DVD)
- Introduction
- Filming The Return of the King
- Visual Effects
- Post-Production: Journey´s End
- The Passing of an Age
- Cameron Duncan: The Inspiration for Into the West
- Behind-the-scenes documentary created by filmmaker Costa Botes during filming of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (DVD)
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