Amazon currently has the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-Rays listed which you can preorder for $83.99 here.

There’s not much I need to say about the Lord of the Rings trilogy that should convince you to pre-order this awesome collection; but if you do need convincing check out the list of announced special features and trailers below:

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• Over 30 minutes of footage incorporated into the theatrical release of the film
• Commentary by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens
• Commentary by the design team
• Commentary by the production/post-production team
• Commentary by 10 actors, including Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen
• Easter egg: MTV Movie Award Spoof (The Council of Elrod)
• Costa Botes Documentary: The Fellowship of the Ring: Behind the Scenes

The Appendices, Part 1: From Book to Vision (on DVD)

• Peter Jackson introduction
• J.R.R. Tolkein: Creator of Middle Earth
• From Book to Script
• Visualizing the Story
• Designing and Building Middle Earth
• Middle Earth atlas interactive

The Appendices, Part 2: From Vision to Reality (on 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…

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• Extended edition of the film, incorporating 43 minutes of footage incorporated into the film
• Commentary track by writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
• Commentary track by the design team
• Commentary track by the production/post-production team
• Commentary track by 16 cast members, including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Bernard Hill, and Miranda Otto
• Easter Egg: MTV Movie Awards clip (Gollum accepting award)
• Costas Botes documentary: The Two Towers–Behind the Scenes

The Appendices, Part 3: The Journey Continues

• Peter Jackson introduction
• J.R.R. Tolkein: Origin of Middle Earth
• From Book to Script: Finding a Story
• Designing and Building Middle-Earth
• Gollum
• Middle-Earth Atlas interactive
• New Zealand as Middle Earth (map with video location)

The Appendices, Part 4: The Battle for Middle Earth

• Elijah Wood introduction
• Filming The Two Towers
• Visual effects
• Editorial: Refining the Story
• Music and Sound
• The Battle for Helm’s Deep is Over

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• Extended edition of the film, with 50 extra minutes incorporated into the film
• Commentary track by writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
• Commentary track by the design team
• Commentary track by the production/post-production team
• Costas Botes documentary: The Return of the King: Behind the Scenes

The Appendices, Part 5: The War of the Ring

• Peter Jackson Intro
• J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth
• From Book to Script
• Designing and Building Middle-earth
• Home of the Horse Lords
• Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship: interactive map
• New Zealand as Middle-earth: interactive map with on-location footage

The Appendices, Part 6: The Passing of an Age

• Elijah Wood/Sean Astin/Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan intro
• Filming The Return of the King
• Visual Effects
• Post Production: Journey’s End
• The Passing of an Age
• Cameron Duncan

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