Blu-ray Alert Update: Put a Ring Around This

Roadshow Entertainment will release The Lord of the Rings movies on Blu-ray on April 21.

As tipped on ScreenScribe.tv, each will be sold in separate editions comprising two discs: one will be a Blu-ray of the theatrical version of the movie (with HD movie and Aragorn’s Quest game trailers), the other will be a DVD of SD extras.

Although the trilogy is being offered as a box set in other markets, it won’t be sold as such here (at least not initially); pricing and specs have still to be announced.

The special features will include:

The Fellowship of the Ring: Welcome to Middle-earth (Houghton Mifflin In-Store Special); Quest for the Ring (FOX TV special); A Passage to Middle-earth (Sci-Fi Channel special); lordoftherings.net featurettes (Finding Hobbiton; Hobbiton Comes Alive; Believing the World of Bree; Ringwraiths: The Fallen Kings; Rivendell: The Elven Refuge; Languages of Middle-earth; Two Wizards; Music of Middle-earth; Elijah Wood; Viggo Mortensen; Orlando Bloom; Cate Blanchett; Liv Tyler; Ian McKellen; Weathertop: The Windy Hill); TV Spots (MTV; Fellowship; Top Ten/AFI; Phenomenon);  Academy Nomination; Epic Oscar; Enya May It Be music video; Special Extended DVD Edition preview; behind-the-scenes Preview of The Two Towers.

The Two Towers:  On the Set: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; Starz Encore Special: Return to Middle-earth (WB special); The Long and Short of It (a short film directed by Sean Astin; The Making of The Long and Short of It; lordoftherings.net featurettes (Forces of Darkness, Designing the Sounds of Middle-earth, Edoras: The Rohan Capital, Creatures of Middle-earth, Gandalf the White, Arms and Armor, The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Bringing Gollum to Life); TV Spots (New Power, Another, Event, Dream, Darkness, Return, Strike, Countdown, One World Review, The Wait is Over, Review B/Golden Globes, Gollum, Supreme Review, Review A/Globe, Good Top 10, Top 10 Review); Emiliana Torrini Gollum’s Song music video; Special Extended DVD Edition preview; behind the scenes preview of The Return of the King.

The Return of the King: The Quest Fulfilled: A Director’s Vision; A Filmmaker’s Journey: Making The Return of the King; National Geographic Special – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; lordoftherings.net featurettes (Aragorn’s Destiny, Minas Tirith: Capital of Gondor, The Battle of Pelennor Fields, Samwise the Brave, Èowyn: White Lady of Rohan, Digital Horse Doubles, Two Theatrical Trailers); TV Spots (Heart/Frodo, Every Path, Test, Aragorn, Time, Every Step, Sword, Decided, Time Review, Decided Review, Step Golden Globes, Globe Nominations, New Epic Globe).