Fans of Blu-ray have been waiting a long time for this day! TheOneRing.net is excited to help announce the pre-order for The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Extended Edition Blu-ray! Following on the heels of the wildly successful Blu-ray premier of the Original Theatrical Trilogy comes the long awaited comprehensive Extended Edition Blu-ray Trilogy. Over 26 hours of Bonus Content including the rare Costa Botes documentaries that was never released before on the Extended Edition Trilogy. Nearly 5 hours of additional content. Each set includes the fan beloved Extended Editions of each film on Blu-ray plus a bonus Digital Copy of the film available online. Guess who already pre-ordered a few copies?! [Click here]
3Foot6 (the spy, not the company) sends this in: The popular website thechive.com has a post today showing a bunch of old behind the scenes photos from the trilogy. I thought fellow fans would enjoy them. More..
One Ringer sends this in: There’s going to be a trilogy screening in Toronto, Ontario on February 5th at the Scotiabank Theatre. It begins at 12:00 noon. [FOTR] [TTT] [ROTK]
The historic Egyptian Theatre presents the Director’s Cut of all three Lord of the Rings films in a one-day screening. Director Peter Jackson’s trilogy, which won 17 total Academy Awards, tells the tale of Frodo Baggins, Gandalf the Wizard and their allies, as they attempt to destroy the mystical One Ring of Power. More..
Wired: These photos show the kind of fine dining that keeps a hobbit happy.
The eight courses — served during traditional hobbit meal times like breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner and supper — made for quite a spread this past weekend at the annual screening of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.
“Each year we must gather to recount the epic quest of the hobbit Frodo and his merry band of dwarfs, wizards, elves and Viggo’s,” the cinema said in a press release. “We snuggle up together and watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy — nearly 12 hours — and get loaded to the gills with food, beer and wine all inspired by Tolkien’s Middle-earth.” More..
Wired: These photos show the kind of fine dining that keeps a hobbit happy.