New Line Home Ent. announced on Monday that THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING will be released May 25, 2004 on DVD in its theatrical version for $29.95, and that the Extended Edition will arrive in time for the holidays.
The second disc of bonus features for the May 25 release will include behind-the-scenes specials and featurettes, promotional trailers for all homevid incarnations of the three RINGS movies, a preview of the upcoming RINGS videogame from Electronic Arts and theatrical trailers and TV spots.
The Extended Edition should be finished next month, and will contain a running time of at least four hours, including additional vfx and digital grading, which should be completed next month.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
