The Lord of the Rings Is Coming Back to Theaters This Summer
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Pack the lembas bread and gather up your fellowship, we’re going back to Middle-earth. Warner Bros. is releasing the extended editions of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy in theaters for one weekend only this June, and it’s the first time the re-releases will feature their remastered 4K versions from 2020.
The screenings take place on June 8, 9, and 10 with one movie a day: The Fellowship of the Ring on Saturday, The Two Towers on Sunday, and Return of the King on Monday. Tickets are already on sale via this link so head there to check if your local theaters are participating. At first glance, it looks like most major theater chains are participating, so there’s a good chance there’s one by you.
I personally haven’t seen the films on the big screen since Return of the King was first released in December 2003. When that happened, I did an all-day marathon leading up to the opening starting with the Fellowship extended edition, followed by the Two Towers extended edition, right into a midnight screening of Return of the King. Yes, it was a very late night. And then I locked my keys in my car on the way out at 4 a.m. but that’s another story.
But that won’t be happening to me this year. This year the seats are assigned, the screenings are spread out, and it’s all helping build anticipation for the other big Lord of the Rings event coming to theaters this year: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, the animated film coming December 13.
But if you want to see the originals on the big screen this June, remastered and extended, here’s the link once again.
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