One Blu-ray to rule them all

  • Posted May 27th, 2008 at 20:20 EDT by Eric Blattberg
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It should come as no surprise that The Lord of the Rings trilogy will be making its way to Blu-ray, the victor of the format war, yet the announcement still sends scintillating shivers down my spine. Peter Jackson, director of the trilogy, recently revealed the existence of the LOTR Blu-ray when discussing the upcoming Hobbit film.

"We are working on a Blu-ray version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy with Warner Bros at the moment, not sure when it is due for release. It certainly won't be this year."

 



So there you have it, official confirmation from the horse's mouth. We'll keep you posted on when you'll be able to acquire the one Blu-ray to rule them all.

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  1. Trojans24601 | trojans24601

    • 8:27pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 1

    niice i have been waiting for that to come out... ima b broke when i buy it tho

  2. mikeghtmare | mikeghtmare

    • 8:28pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 2

    shivers.... indeed.... :-p

  3. pepsivscoke

    • 8:29pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 3

    "certainly won't be this year"??? why is it so hard?? Is it just to help with hype for the Hobbit movie?

  4. BlueRevolvuR | BlueRevolvuR

    • 8:31pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 4

    I want a Starwars Blu-ray collection more.

  5. Fiddlesworth

    • 8:47pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 5

    My precioussss.

  6. Tseng VII | TsengVII

    • 9:03pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 6

    yeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss...................

  7. XenoSilvano | XenoSilvano

    • 9:05pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 7

     yeah I was checking this out on amazon the other day. I'm really looking forward to purchasing this in the near future! "it certainly won't be this year" - WHAT!

  8. gingo | gingo

    • 9:17pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 8

    psn id: gingo.... cant wait to see this fantastic trilogy in some high definition, will definitely be a spectacal and i will wait for as long as it takes to make it good

  9. Bingepurge_99

    • 9:24pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 9

    How about classics like  The matrix and Jurassic park??

  10. I95SOUTH | I95SOUTH

    • 9:42pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 10

    Im a big kid at heart and I have three kids of my own so how about toy story and some of the classic cartoons like tom and jerry and tail spin. Some of you might not know about that, that was early 90s. Some of you were babys. Dont get it wrong im only 25.

     

    psn id: I95SOUTH<--- The daddy of them all

  11. JMelillo57 | jmelillo57

    • 9:46pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 11

    Who cares the movies suck.

  12. MMDs | MMDs

    • 9:53pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 12

     @I95South

    i'm 25 too and i grew up with those cartoons also. those were the days bro. Darkwing duck and s***. tale spin, and Duck Tales with scrooge mcduck, all after school. Ghostbusters back in the late 80s was huge for me.

  13. lurkingshadow89 | DEATH555666

    • 10:24pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 13

    sounds great one of the trilogys that needs to be brout to bluray.

  14. ihsanqueen

    • 10:26pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 14

    ooohh yeeaaahhhh! I've been waiting for this!!! 'one ring to rule them all'!!! If only godfather trilogy and starwars double trilogy go to blu-ray too.....

  15. PS3!!!!! | FOXY007

    • 10:39pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 15

     Haha Peter isnt a fan of Blu-ray its so funny but theres no other format to release it :)

  16. Redrider | Warhawk1

    • 10:58pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 16

    It would be wise for them to re-think thier release schedule for this title as Blu-Ray will not hold at the current prices on the retail market forever! No I would say this coming holiday season would be the right time before Blu-Ray retail prices drop in 2009 :).

  17. primalbreath | jdawg222

    • 11:15pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 17

    yup, tailspin, darkwin duck, merry melodies, looney toons. those were the days indeed. im 24,but damn i wish i had as little worries as i did back then.

  18. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 11:23pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 18

    This movie would be amazing in 1080p.

  19. jphuff | jhuff

    • 11:40pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 19

     I think I know why it won't be this year.  If you remember, they released the DVD's just 2 months before each new movie would come out.  I hope they don't wait until 2010 to release the trilogy on Blu-Ray though.  I want these SOOOO bad!  Next up....where's Star Wars?

  20. shero

    • 11:53pm BST - May 27th, 2008
    • 20

    Sucketh on the ringeth. A trilogy of great effects and no moral value.

  21. playstnlvr | playstnlvr

    • 12:07am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 21

    So is every Blu-Ray movie release going to be a news story from now on around here? I guess I could start going to IGN instead...

  22. Rechain | Rechain

    • 1:38am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 22

    Can't wait for the release...when I get LOTR trilogy on BD, Im selling my LOTR DVD's :D
    I just love those movies, soo I just can't wait for the release on blu-ray...come on!

    Bingepurge_99 --> YEA :D and Jurassic Park is also one of the movie-series im waiting to get on BD!


    /Rechain

  23. Muzikguy | Muzikguy

    • 2:17am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 23

    best news I heard all day! I'll be buying this for sure!  Not this year though, wtf? How hard is it to encode it in BluRay? Give me a break......

  24. chelseapaul | ChelseaPaul

    • 4:09am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 24

    Bingepurge_99 --> I already have Matrix on Blu-Ray :)

  25. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 4:13am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 25

    YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

    *

    And screw Star Wars.  That crap is dead.  4 and 5 were the only good ones.  ROTJ just gets shoe-horned in because it has all the resolution from the "first two".  The prequels are abominations...yeah, episode III as well.

  26. jjlikesfootball

    • 6:42am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 26

    Yay! hopefully I'll have an HD tv by then....

  27. Emo-Mercenary | Clarky-132

    • 8:46am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 27

    Cool. This might be my first Blu Ray movie(s) to start my collection.. Now, how about the Starwars trilogy's?!

  28. TaMszz | TaMss

    • 11:07am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 28

    How can it take so long to release/make blu-ray version? It's not like they need to film it again or anything.

  29. killercop | killercop

    • 11:26am BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 29

    Looking more forward to Star Wars saga on Blu-ray, but nice though!

  30. VesNL | Ves

    • 12:36pm BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 30

    Nice, wonder how much the trilogy will cost.

  31. bloodwarg | bloodwarg

    • 3:15pm BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 31

    already own all three which i neeed to watch again sometime but looking forward to the hobbits film.

  32. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 4:04pm BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 32

    Can't wait for the boxset and to the upcoming hobbit movie too. ^_^

  33. jamisonsalamande

    • 4:55pm BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 33

    They better release the extended editions in Blu Ray as well though

  34. behemoko | Behemoko

    • 7:08pm BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 34

    There's nothing I want more on Blu-ray than this trilogy. :-)

  35. fyaman

    • 8:41pm BST - May 28th, 2008
    • 35

    Why even wait?  Just download the HD Xvid torrents that are out.  They're awesome quality.  A laptop with HDMI out is your friend.

  36. Limmex

    • 3:36am BST - May 29th, 2008
    • 36

    Oh, yes... Hopefully they will release the extended versions of the films... Good news indeed :)

  37. mzemanek

    • 1:47pm BST - June 1st, 2008
    • 37

    Finally!!!  Now we need Star Wars to follow suit...

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