Rumor: Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Pushed to 2010
HomeRumor: Lord of the Rings Blu-ray Pushed to 2010
Posted September 7, 2009 06:54 AM by Juan Calonge
In June, New Line Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video had pre-announced the Blu-ray release of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy' for November 3. However, less than two months away from the purported release, there still hasn't been an official announcement, and some websites are already speculating over a delay of the trilogy to 2010.
Puzzlingly, 'Gone with the Wind', which appeared on the trade ad above without a date, was officially announced for November 17 nearly a month ago. Also, if you go to any of the major etailers that carry Blu-ray, none of them have that title with a date. The only one that displays the release date of November 3 is the Warner website.
Recently, German site Bluray-disc.de received the full November Blu-ray slate from Warner Germany, from which the Middle-Earth trilogy was conspicuously absent. Additionally, both the trilogy and the individual titles now appear on amazon Germany with a release date of 2010.
Now, Spanish site ZonaDVD informs that Aurum, the studio that handles the Rings films in that country, has confirmed that the trilogy will be released in Spain in 2010 because the US edition, initially scheduled for 2009, is finally going to be delayed to next year.
If this is true, there may be a silver lining in this: in late July we informed that the extended editions of the films could be released in 2010. The studio might have decided to shelve the theatrical releases in favor of a comprehensive edition next year. Or so one would hope.
Early this month it was revealed that the Tolkien Estate and New Line Cinema had reached a tentative settlement in the court battle over money from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is unknown whether this settlement might have anything to do with an eventual Blu-ray delay.
In any case, Warner Germany has informed that Ralph Bakshi's animated film 'The Lord of the Rings' will be released on Blu-ray in November 2009.
Puzzlingly, 'Gone with the Wind', which appeared on the trade ad above without a date, was officially announced for November 17 nearly a month ago. Also, if you go to any of the major etailers that carry Blu-ray, none of them have that title with a date. The only one that displays the release date of November 3 is the Warner website.
Recently, German site Bluray-disc.de received the full November Blu-ray slate from Warner Germany, from which the Middle-Earth trilogy was conspicuously absent. Additionally, both the trilogy and the individual titles now appear on amazon Germany with a release date of 2010.
Now, Spanish site ZonaDVD informs that Aurum, the studio that handles the Rings films in that country, has confirmed that the trilogy will be released in Spain in 2010 because the US edition, initially scheduled for 2009, is finally going to be delayed to next year.
If this is true, there may be a silver lining in this: in late July we informed that the extended editions of the films could be released in 2010. The studio might have decided to shelve the theatrical releases in favor of a comprehensive edition next year. Or so one would hope.
Early this month it was revealed that the Tolkien Estate and New Line Cinema had reached a tentative settlement in the court battle over money from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is unknown whether this settlement might have anything to do with an eventual Blu-ray delay.
In any case, Warner Germany has informed that Ralph Bakshi's animated film 'The Lord of the Rings' will be released on Blu-ray in November 2009.