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The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy in theaters 2026 Extended Versions | Movie/TV Board
The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy in theaters 2026 Extended Versions Posted on 12/7/25 at 12:50 pm
Posted by LSUDVM1999 North Carolina
Member since Aug 2010
2432 posts
Posted on 12/7/25 at 12:50 pm
I'm considering going to see these however The Return Of The King is listed as 4 hours and 23 minutes
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This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 1:26 pm
9 0 quote: I'm considering going to see these however The Return Of The King is listed as 4 hours and 23 minutes Well worth it
13 0 Once I saw the extended versions, I couldn’t do the normal versions anymore
21 0 Awesome! I was out of town and missed them in theaters last year.
1 0 Posted by SouthEasternKaiju SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
45609 posts
All in, take my money.
7 1 Posted by TigerMyth36 River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
41293 posts
I loved the 2 extended editions plus the early release of Return of the King they did at AMC theaters. Long but fun day with a full audience of fans.
2 0 Posted by sgallo3 Lake Charles
Member since Sep 2008
26449 posts
sounds awesome
0 0 Posted by MFn GIMP Member since Feb 2011
22968 posts
quote: The Return Of The King is listed as 4 hours and 23 minutes Yet, no scouring of the Shire. It's the best move adaptation of any series but leaving out the scouring of the Shire is a travesty.
That said, I will 100% be going to see all 3 movies at the movies when they re-release.
6 2 Posted by blueboy Member since Apr 2006
64672 posts
Better see them soon before Netflix CGI's a bunch of figs and trannies into them .
13 3 Posted by VOR New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
68426 posts
4 hours of Middle Earth may exceed my capacity…
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Posted by ActusHumanus St. George, Louisiana
Member since Sep 2025
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Over 4 hours, they will have an intermission. They did this for Hamilton.
This post was edited on 12/7/25 at 7:03 pm
1 0 Posted by NEWMANIUM Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2018
163 posts
The credits are 20+ minutes long.
3 0 Posted by VolSquatch First Coast
Member since Sep 2023
8150 posts
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:07 am to MFn GIMP quote: Yet, no scouring of the Shire. It's the best move adaptation of any series but leaving out the scouring of the Shire is a travesty. That said, I will 100% be going to see all 3 movies at the movies when they re-release. Idk if it works on screen honestly.
I'm not sure your average person is smart enough to see the pretty obvious point where these hobbits have grown throughout this incredible journey and are now able to take care of things like that themselves, rather than have all of the heroes they needed at the beginning of it to do it for them. They are the heroes now.
But I think your average moviegoer would just see it as "they went through all of that and then had even more to deal with when they got home?". And ultimately even the extended editions are made up of things they at least thought about putting in the theatrical versions, so if PJ felt it wouldn't work they wouldn't have even filmed it.
2 0 Posted by CocomoLSU Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
156046 posts
quote: I loved the 2 extended editions plus the early release of Return of the King they did at AMC theaters. Long but fun day with a full audience of fans. I did that with two of my cousins, and it was an awesome day.
Seeing the extended versions on the big screen was excellent, and the new one was awesome too obviously. That was a fun arse day, and I caught a lot of shite from my college buddies for missing an LSU basketball game that day. But frick them because LotR at the theater all day was a fricking blast.
quote: 4 hours of Middle Earth may exceed my capacity… That's just for the third one.
If you did all of them it's just over 12 hours in total:
quote: The Fellowship of the Ring: Roughly 3 hours 48 minutes (around 228 minutes). The Two Towers: Approximately 3 hours 55 minutes (around 235 minutes). The Return of the King: About 4 hours 23 minutes (around 263 minutes). This post was edited on 12/8/25 at 10:06 am
3 0 Posted by iwyLSUiwy I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
41587 posts
quote: I'm considering going to see these however The Return Of The King is listed as 4 hours and 23 minutes Have you ever seen the extended editions?
0 0 Posted by boxcarbarney Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
26195 posts
When they released them in the theaters a couple of years ago, I took the wife and kid to see all three. Not gonna lie, after it was all done, I felt like I ran a marathon.
3 0 quote: however The Return Of The King is listed as 4 hours and 23 minutes And still not long enough IMO.
5 0 Posted by JackDempsey Lake Charles
Member since May 2023
817 posts
I saw these movies (original versions) back to back to back in a movie theater in Mazatlan, Mexico many years ago. Good times. It cost 3 or 4 dollars to watch all 3.
0 0 Posted by MLSter Member since Feb 2013
4214 posts
have they announced date and times yet? specifically for baton rouge area . i want to do this, i never saw these(originals cuts) in theaters. The extended editions are amazing.
0 0 That’s awesome but also, I’d love the regular versions as well. My son’s never seen them and he’s not going to want to sit for a 4 hour movie. Let alone three of them.
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