Return of the King Extended Cut is Here Finally!

Return of the King Extended Edition is finally out! Thats right we can now watch it with 50 more minutes of extended goodness. Let us all bow down and worship in the shadow of the mighty Peter Jackson and New Line. Take a wild guess what I am doing tonight? New Line kicks ass, they have brought us Blade and Lord of the Rings. Can not wait to see future films of theirs over the coming year! So lets recap and have a look at some cool dvd shots from the extended cut, and dvd details!

"In this Special Extended Edition, Peter Jackson has created the ultimate conclusion to a true filmmaking achievement," said New Line Home Entertainment president and chief operating officer, Stephen Einhorn. "With even more added footage than the Special Extended Editions of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, this new version of The Return of the King is truly a landmark cinematic experience."

Created under the supervision of Academy Award ®-winning writer/director/producer Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Special Extended Edition offers a stunning, new version of The Return of the King featuring approximately 50 minutes of never-before-seen scenes and sequences woven into the theatrical feature.

The original, theatrical version of the film was named Best Picture by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globe Awards), and scores of print, broadcast and online film critics and moviemaking guilds and is currently available on DVD and VHS.

Composer Howard Shore has returned to his original, Academy Award ®-winning The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King score and written entirely new music for this Special Extended Edition. Similarly, the artisans and visual effects artists at New Zealand’s WETA Digital have contributed over 300 new special effects shots.

The 250-minute feature is contained on two discs in Widescreen, Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS ES 6.1 Surround Sound and Stereo Surround Sound. Four complete, separate audio commentaries are supplied by Peter Jackson and more than 30 members of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King cast and production team, including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Academy Award ®-winners Richard Taylor, Howard Shore, Randy Cook and many more.

Discs Three and Four contain hours of all new supplemental material. These one-of-a-kind features include production documentaries and featurettes; design and photo galleries of thousands of images; interactive maps; access to exclusive online features via DVD-ROM; and more.