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so how is the DOS release going to work?



TheCoon
Lorien

Oct 5 2012, 10:05am


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so how is the DOS release going to work?
thatrical in April EE in June?


DanielLB
Immortal


Oct 5 2012, 10:07am


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Yup, I imagine something like that
And then the EE for TABA would be released just before Christmas.

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Earl
Forum Admin / Moderator


Oct 5 2012, 10:22am


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I'm still hoping they push TABA to December 2014
A Middle-earth movie in the middle of July? Unheard of! Evil


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DanielLB
Immortal


Oct 5 2012, 10:29am


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This would be ideal!
Should we gatecrash the filming next year, just so we can selfishly have TABA at Christmas? Evil

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Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Oct 5 2012, 11:53am


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In Reply To
thatrical in April EE in June?

The last I knew, DoS will still debut theatrically on December 13, 2013.
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dave_lf
Gondor

Oct 5 2012, 12:16pm


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The last DOS release
was in 2000. I'm pretty sure Microsoft is done with it.


MTT Gandalf
Bree


Oct 5 2012, 1:01pm


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Maybe:
 
2012 dec. - AUJ theatric in cinemas
2013 june - AUJ theatric DVD/Blu-ray
2013 nov. - AUJ extended DVD/Blu-ray
2013 dec. - TDoS theatric in cinemas
2014 june - TDoS theatric DVD/Blu-ray
2014 july - TaBA theatric in cinemas
2014 nov. - TDoS extended DVD/Blu-ray
2014 dec - TaBA theatric DVD/Blu-ray
2015 june - TaBA extended DVD/Blu-ray

Or?


stoutfiles
Rohan

Oct 5 2012, 2:26pm


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Sounds about right
2015 nov - 3-film box set DVD/Blu-ray
2015 nov - 6-film box set DVD/Blu-ray


DanielLB
Immortal


Oct 5 2012, 2:33pm


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And...
2016 Nov - 6-film super extended Box set DVD/Blu-ray
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2019 Dec - The Silmarillion Tongue

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Arwen's daughter
Half-elven


Oct 5 2012, 2:50pm


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I still work on old DOS systems
so this particular acronym is going to take some getting used to for me.


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elevorn
Lorien


Oct 5 2012, 3:11pm


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JWPlatt
Grey Havens


Oct 5 2012, 4:20pm


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TDOS
Microsoft ended their development and support of DOS a long, long time ago. There is no new release planned.


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Rohirrim Rider
Rivendell

Oct 5 2012, 5:00pm


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I don't think DoS:EE will be released after TaBA's cinema bow
The Extended Editions are all part of the build-up for the next film. having a whole new range of DVDs in stores around the new film's cinema release is extra advertising. Plus, for fans, it's great to have a whole period of one film (cinema, DVD, EE DVD) before the next.

My guess would be:

2012
Dec - AUJ cinema release

2013
May - AUJ DVD release*
Nov - AUJ: EE DVD release
Dec: DoS cinema release

2014
Apr - DoS DVD release**
Late June/Early July - DoS EE release
July - TaBA cinema release
Dec - TaBA DVD release and boxset of theatricals (ready for Christmas)

2015
Apr/May - TaBA: EE DVD release and Extended boxset
October - Middle-Earth deluxe boxset (as they have done with Harry Potter and The Dark Knight trilogy the autuman of the following year of their final films' release)

That'll be my guess. Spaces them out as well as they can whilst hitting the marketing points (new film out/Christmas/etc) they need to

*I don't think they'll rush it for April, I think they'll try and keep it in cinemas as long as possible. More and more big films are taking five months to come to DVD now - Hunger Games, Avengers and Dark Knight Rises for example

** For this one though they have little choice but to get it out


Ardamírë
Valinor


Oct 5 2012, 8:22pm


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I think it will get bumped, too.
In fact, I'm gonna be a conspiracy theorist and say July has never been anything than a cover. I could very well prove wrong, but I firmly believe that we'll be getting There and Back Again at Christmas time.
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DanielLB
Immortal


Oct 5 2012, 8:25pm


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They have set a date though
And they must have got on many people's (companies) nerves splitting the films so late on. Would they risk changing it again?

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Ardamírë
Valinor


Oct 5 2012, 8:29pm


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They had dates before...
I just don't think they'll release two films within 7 months of each other. Would I love to see TABA so soon, sure. But I also want it at Christmas like all the others.

Time will tell.
"...and his first memory of Middle-earth was the green stone above her breast as she sang above his cradle while Gondolin was still in flower." -Unfinished Tales


DanielLB
Immortal


Oct 5 2012, 8:32pm


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Agreed
I don't mind waiting!

Though that's what I was getting at. They've changed it once before. They probably want to avoid that again. Any delay in filming next year may push TABA back. Here's hoping! Cool

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Ardamírë
Valinor


Oct 5 2012, 8:40pm


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I would not be at all surprised
If the additional filming or whatever was responsible for the "delay."
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QuackingTroll
Valinor


Oct 6 2012, 8:44am


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Maybe they're uncertain about the success of the films?
Another year of marketing is expensive, so perhaps if AUJ does well enough they'll push TABA back, if it under-performs they'll keep TABA where it is.