The extended edition of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is set to arrive on Blu-ray this November.
If you’ve already purchased the vanilla version of the The Hobbit , then you might be double-dipping towards the holiday season. Jackson will unleash the even longer version of his adaptation around the same time the next installment is slated to hit theaters.
According to Coming Soon , Peter Jackson outlined a few of the changes fans can expect from the extended version of The Hobbit . Fans who wanted to spend more time with the hobbits themselves should be pleased as punch with the new version of the flick.
“You are going to get more of Hobbiton. We always wanted to wend our way through Hobbiton, but in the end Bilbo has to run out of the door,” producer and co-writer Philippa Boyens explained to the folks at Empire magazine.
Fran Walsh revealed the extended edition of The Hobbit will also feature more footage inside the Goblin Town. Fans will also be treated to the Great Goblin’s full song, something the filmmakers were forced to trim since it slowed down the pacing.
“We are putting things in the extended cut that are going to play straight into the second film, like this character Girion, who is defending [the city of] Dale using black arrows against Smaug,” Peter Jackson explained.
The award-winning filmmaker continued, “And the black arrows play a part in an ongoing story, for they are the one thing that can pierce the dragon’s hide. There are also issues with [king of the elves] Thranduil. We get some of the reason why he and the dwarves had a falling out – to do with these white gems.”
The longer version of Jackson’s film will hit retail shelves this November. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , meanwhile, opens in theaters across the US on December 13.
Have you already purchased the theatrical version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ? Do you intend to pick up the extended cut later this year?