

In addition, all previously released bonus content from both the theatrical and extended edition releases will be included in the collection.

The Limited Collector’s Edition includes 30 discs featuring The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, in their extended edition forms housed in six faux leather books and a collectible Hobbit-style wood shelf. From New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, and WBHE this new collection will be offered in two different versions: The Limited Collector’s Edition and The Theatrical Versions Collection. That box set will also feature all previously released bonus content from both versions of the films, as well as an exclusive 100-page sketch-style book with replica The Red Book of Westmarch, and two original reproductions of watercolor paintings by acclaimed conceptual artists Alan Lee and John Howe.īurbank, Calif., Aug– Fans of Middle-earth will have the opportunity to re-live the entire collection of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings films, from Academy Award ®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson 1, when the two epic trilogies are released as a single collection on Blu-ray™ and DVD on November 1 st from Warner Bros. Moreover, for those that can’t break the bank, a theatrical collection is also being released.īoth sets feature all six films in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, but only the Limited Collector’s Edition includes both the theatrical cuts and the extended cuts of each film. Indeed, said collector’s set has now been confirmed, officially announcing that the Middle-earth 6-Film Collection will be released as a limited collector’s edition box set on November 1st. Home Entertainment was about to release t he inevitable ultimate Blu-ray collector’s set for The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fans that would bring both franchises together in one nifty package.

A couple of days ago, word broke that Warner Bros.
