‘Lord Of The Rings’ Extended Editions Coming Back To Theaters This June
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Before June 28, when your Blu-ray player can finally takethe long route to Mordor, the entire extended edition ofPeter Jackson’s Oscar-winningLord of the Ringstrilogy returns to the big screen. AMC, whichhas been playinga lot ofclassic filmsin anticipation ofbig Blu-ray releases, will show the extended editions ofThe Fellowship of the Ring, The Two TowersandThe Return of the Kingon consecutive weeks in June, opening on the 14th, 21st and 28th respectively. Read more after the break.
The One Ringbroke this news (with a heads up fromFirst Showing) and both sites are just as excited as we are about it.
The three week event beings on June 14 withThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition), continues on June 21 withThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition)and concludes with the Best Picture winningThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition)on June 28th 2011. That’s also the same daythe extended edition blu-rayscome out in stores.
The AMC website lists each of these screenings as “Director’s Cut Events” and The One Ring promises more information in the coming weeks. you’re able to bet Peter Jackson will record some sort of new introduction for each film and they will certainly give out limited edition posters – they’ve done that with all of the other classic screenings in the past. You can check each film’s page over on AMC’s official website:Fellowship of the Ring,The Two Towers,The Return of the King. Tickets are on sale now.
On August 13, 2025, my friends and I did the marathon of theFellowshipandTwo Towers extended editions before watchingReturn of the Kingat midnight on opening night and it was an epic experience. Then, whenReturn of the Kingfinally came out on Extended Edition DVD, I realized that my original marathon was the ideal one: Extended edition for the first two, theatrical for the third. There’s a reason why Jackson won all the Oscars forReturn of the King, it’s a modern day masterpiece, and the extended edition of it screws up the pacing, ruins surprises and more. In my opinion, it’s the worst of the three extended editions. But that’s surely open to debate.
Are you going to head to your local AMC for these screenings? Which of the extended editions is your favorite?
