Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is coming back again — but it’s a bit different this time. Warner Bros. and Fathom Events are teaming to rerelease the Oscar-winning fantasy blockbusters this summer.
The versions screened will be Jackson’s extended editions (so you might want get the jumbo tub of popcorn), and also the versions that the filmmaker remastered in 2020 for a 4K Ultra HD rerelease.
The films will screen across three days at Fathom Events participating chains, like AMC, Cinemark and Regal.
It sounds like they’re just talking about a theatrical release of the extended versions that have been around since the original DVD/Blu-ray releases. Each extended movie comes in two parts, making three long movies into six average ones.
The thing I found surprising is that I actually prefer them. There was a lot of good material that just didn’t fit, even with the long theatrical cuts. It’s worth watching the longer versions.
If you avoid watching the Hobbit again, it will save you more than enough time to watch the extended Lord of the Rings, and you will come out ahead.
I would quite like to see them on the big screen.
When I watched them it was with so many breaks I didn’t get a sense of how they play as movies, it felt more like binge watching a series.
Extended? Jesus; the current set are already 12hrs long together…
“Fetch my catheter”
