Lord of the Rings available on Blu-ray from April 2010
The original theatrical versions of all three Lord of the Rings films, with more than seven hours of special features plus digital copies of each film, will be available on Blue-ray from April 6, 2010.
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy will include digital copies of each film on three separate discs and will also be BD-Live enabled, offering exciting new interactive possibilities.
The Lord of the Rings, the highest grossing adventure film franchise to ever be created, was born with the release of The Fellowship of the Ring, followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The multi-billion dollar franchise is expected to grow significantly as The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy brings together all three treasured films on Blu-ray Disc for the very first time.
The Trilogy will be packaged in multi-disc elite packaging inside a premium rigid slipcase and will retail for $99.98 SRP. Extended versions of the films will be released at a later date on Blu-ray Disc.
The very same day in April 2010 will see Ralph Bakshi’s animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic released in an all-new Deluxe Edition on Blu-ray Disc for the first time and newly remastered with new Dolby 5.1 audio and newly created extra content.
Posted: December 18th, 2009
Author: Lee
Categories: JRR Tolkien
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