Warner Home Video will release The Hobbit The Battle Of The Five Armies Extended Edition through digital services on October 20th, while the Blu-ray and DVD will be released on November 17th.
The Hobbit The Battle Of The Five Armies Extended Edition will be twenty minutes longer than the theatrical version of the film, though the announcement of this collection did not detail what those twenty minutes will actually add.
Along with the longer version of the film, The Hobbit The Battle Of The Five Armies Extended Edition will also include nine hours of new extras that will include a commentary by director, producer, and screenwriter Peter Jackson with co-producer and screenwriter Philippa Boyens’ “The Appendices: The Appendices Parts XI and XII,” which “showcase a chronological history of the filming of The Battle of the Five Armies, documenting the work done on set chronologically through the three shooting blocks and in the world of its digital effects.”; and a featurette titled “New Zealand: Home Of Middle-earth: Part 3” which picks up where the previous two parts left off.
The Hobbit The Battle Of The Five Armies Extended Edition Blu-ray will retail for $35.99 while the DVD will be $34.99.
There was no word on the inevitable The Hobbit Extended Edition boxed set with all three films.
