The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Set for April (Update)
Posted December 14, 2009 03:28 AM by Juan Calonge
New Line Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Warner Home Video, will release 'The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy' on Blu-ray on April 6, 2010. Release details are largely unchanged from those revealed early in the year (see blu-ray.com, June 24). The nine-disc box set will contain the theatrical versions of the movies, along with more than seven hours of special features (on three regular DVDs), digital copies for each film, and previews for the extended versions of the films (which will come out on Blu-ray "at a later date").
A week later, Warner Home Video will release the 1978 animated version of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic.
Update
Warner Home Video has now released the technical specifications and full special features for this title. Video will be presented in 2.40:1 1080p, whereas audio will be 5.1 Dolby TrueHD. Subtitles will be provided in English, French, German, Spanish, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Slovenian.
Content per disc is as follows:
Disc 1 (Blu-ray)
Feature Film: The Fellowship of the Ring
Trailers:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy supertrailer
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest game trailer
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North game trailer
Disc 2 (DVD)
Houghton Mifflin In-Store Special: Welcome to Middle-Earth
Fox TV Special: Quest for the Ring
Sci-Fi Channel Special: A Passage to Middle-Earth
Lordoftherings.net featurettes:
Finding Hobbiton
Hobbiton Comes Alive
Believing the World of Bree
Ringwraiths: The Fallen Kings
Rivendell: The Elven Refuge
Languages of Middle-Earth
Two Wizards
Music of Middle-Earth
Elijah Wood
Viggo Mortensen
Orlando Bloom
Cate Blanchett
Liv Tyler
Ian McKellen
Weathertop: The Windy Hill
Six TV spots
Music video: Enya, May it Be
Special extended DVD edition preview
The Two TowersBehind-the-scenes preview
Disc 3 (Blu-ray)
Feature film: The Two Towers
Trailers:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy supertrailer
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest game trailer
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North game trailer
Disc 4 (DVD)
Starz Encore Special: On the Set "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"
WB Special: Return to Middle-Earth
The Long and Short of It, a short film directed by Sean Astin
The Making of "The Long and Short of It"
Lordoftherings.net featurettes:
Forces of Darkness
Designing the Sounds of Middle-Earth
Edoras: The Rohan Capital
Creatures of Middle-Earth
Gandalf the White
Arms and Armor
The Battle of Helm's Deep
Bringing Gollum to Life
16 TV spots
Music video: Emiliana Torrini, Gollum's Song
Special extended DVD edition preview
Behind-the-scenes preview of "The Return of the King"
Disc 5 (Blu-ray)
Feature Film: The Return of the King
Trailers:
The Lord of the Rings trilogy supertrailer
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest game trailer
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North game trailer
Disc 6 (DVD)
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
A Filmaker's journey: Making "The Return of the King"
National Geographic Special: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Lordoftherings.net featurettes:
Aragorn's Destiny
Minas Tirith: Capital of Gondor
The Battle of Pelennor Fields
Samwise the Brave
Eowyn: White Lady of Rohan
Digital Horse Doubles
13 TV spots
Special extended DVD edition preview
Disc 7 (DVD)
Digital copy on disc: The Fellowship of the Ring
Disc 8 (DVD)
Digital copy on disc: The Two Towers
Disc 9 (DVD)
Digital copy on disc: The Return of the King
