Warner Bros and MGM have revealed the release date and details for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition which will be released on November 5th in 5-disc Blu-ray 3D set, 3-disc Blu-ray set and 5-disc DVD set. This is along the same lines at The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions with new completed scenes and a detailed behind the scenes look at making the film (only without the cool covers the LOTR editions had). For The Hobbit: AUJ, it will have 13 additional minutes of footage, (new?) commentary from Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens, and The Appendices. Really the highlight of the extended editions, The Appendices are a comprehensive behind the scenes look at the making of The Hobbit trilogy. The LOTR one remains one of the best ever created for films.

The Extended Editions are basically how the other studios should be doing their releases as Peter Jackson's goal is clearly to inform the fan instead of sales pitch to the fan. After all these years it still do not understand why studios continue to turn their extra features into sales pitches for the movie when those features are only available on the discs the person just bought. It literally like trying to sell you on a dessert after you have eaten it. A completely pointless exercise and a waste of everyone's time. So basically I am looking forward to see a real extra feature instead of the series of sales pitches been watching since...well the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions. The full press release is below. You can pre-order from Amazon now: 3D Blu-ray Set | Blu-ray Set | DVD Set
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