Extended RotK Expected December 14

sbowles writes "DVDAnswers is reporting that New Line plans to release the four-disc extended edition of Return of the King on the 14th of December. As of yet, the LotR official site has not posted an official release date or an official list of contents for the set. This older IGN article gives some great details on the sneak preview presented at the San Diego Comic Con."

Comments

Extended?

[Rick Zeman]

Do we get to find out what happens to Saruman? Or does he go "poof" like "The Scouring of the Shire" did, too?

Theater release?

[EReidJ]

There was a rumor going around some time ago that the Extended Edition would be released in theaters before or at the same time it was available on DVD. Anyone know of the status of this? Is it really going to happen, can we see these wonderful new scenes on the big screen?

Re:Cue the adjective jokes

[Hentai]

Feh. You know, I wouldn't MIND a "Super Ultra Mega-Expanded Edition", personally. If they were smart, and interested in really soaking us all, they'd do something like this:

A $450 'Ultimate Edition' box, that comes with all 3 Extended Edition movies on 10 DVDs, with 2 CDs of soundtrack, and all three books (plus The Hobbit) in hardbound, AND a rolled-up parchment map of Middle Earth, with annotations of everyone's journeys throughout the movie.

If they wanted to REALLY soak us (and make it worth it!), they could up it to $750 for a 'Limited Edition' version (only 10,000 made!), with each having an extra, random object:

Either one of the Elven, Dwarven or Human Rings, or Sting, or an Elven Cloak and leaf brooch, or a Horn of Gondor, or other similar item: 9,999 in all. Then have the 10,000th box have a reproduction of the One Ring, and a certificate for a vacation to New Zealand, and lunch with Peter Jackson.