On RotK extended edition - Spoilers -

[Krug]

From Ain't It Cool News, so take with a bucket of salt:

- Word is that New Line are balking at the price for another Extended Edition, and may be farming out the FX to El Cheapo American FX House Inc rather than the high-quality excesses of WETA... our scooper (Toss the Dwarf) pointed out that this is strictly rumour-mill stuff, but remember who told you first.

- This one isn’t going to come as a surprise, but for the record: we’ll be seeing Gandalf and his Power Rangers confronting Saruman after the Helm’s Deep battle, followed by the multi-coloured one falling to his death.

- Merry will pledge his allegiance to Theoden in a scene similar to the Pippin/Denethor bit. Toss points out that shots from this scene have appeared in an early ROTK teaser, as well as a *very* early LOTR teaser from way back in the beginning.

- Following his acceptance of Anduril from Elrond, Aragorn uses the Palantir to reveal himself to Sauron. Sauron shows him a vision of Arwen’s sickness. This stuff was used instead during the dream sequence just before Elrond arrives at Dunharrow in the theatrical cut.

- From the horse’s mouth: ‘Remember the scene in which the Witch King is asked what he’s going to do with Gandalf, and he says I will break him? This pays off big time in a battle between the Witch King and Gandalf as Gandalf and Pippin ride to save Faramir from the pyre. At the end of the battle, the Witch King breaks Gandalf’s staff and then the Rohirrim turn up and the Witch King gets distracted. The beginning of this confrontation is one of the $$$ shots in the ROTK trailer: the Witch King’s fell beast landing on the ramparts in front of Gandalf and Pippin on Shadowfax.’

- ‘We see Gamling die on the Pelennor Fields theres a quick shot of Eomer bawling in the ROTK trailer.’

- ‘In the Houses of Healing, Aragorn heals Faramir, who then meets Eowyn and they fall in love. Aww.’

- ‘A disguised Frodo and Sam join a column of marching orcs on the way to Mt Doom. Their master is a ferocious orc captain with a whip. Remember the line heard over the sweeping shot of the orcs marching down through Mordor right after the Cirith Ungol sequence? That’s him, yelling Come on you slugs!.’

- ‘The Mouth of Sauron scene changes the emphasis of the entire final battle between men and orcs at the Black Gates. In the theatrical cut, Aragorn and Co. ride up to the gates, they open, and orcs come out to fight. In the extended version, they are greeted by the Mouth of Sauron (played by the Matrix’s Train Man, Bruce Spence), who has pointy teeth and a pointy helmet that covers his eyes (he doesn't need them, see? He's just a mouth). He rides out to show the heroes Frodos mithril vest, recently stolen by the orcs at Cirith Ungol, and to let them know that Frodo is dead and the ring is on its way to Sauron. Aragorn believes him, and the heroes despair. Going into battle at the Black Gates, the heroes have no hope at all it’s their last stand for sure, and Aragorn’s line for Frodo refers to his sacrifice, not to buying time.’

 

[Berandor]

Sounds fine, if true, however:

Word is that New Line are balking at the price for another Extended Edition, and may be farming out the FX to El Cheapo American FX House Inc rather than the high-quality excesses of WETA... our scooper (Toss the Dwarf) pointed out that this is strictly rumour-mill stuff, but remember who told you first.

Let me be the first to say, "No way!"

That won't happen, so I take verything else with a grain of salt, as well.

 

[Taelorn76]

they are making an insane amount of money off the movies and the different versions of DVDs. The cost would be more than covered.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Ooh! I hope this is true! I would love to see the Mouth of Sauron included!

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Ooh! I hope this is true! I would love to see the Mouth of Sauron included!

Well, that scene's like the Voice of Saruman...we know they filmed it. There was even a picture of the actor getting the Mouth of Sauron makeup put on at one point or another...

 

[KenM]

I know they filmed the MOS and Gandalf vs. Witch King. Those should be in.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

The Witch-king's confrontation with Gandalf and the Mouth of Sauron's scene were the two that I wanted to see most in the movie so I was somewhat disappointed that they weren't in there, especially after the Witch-king said "I will break him". But I did not dispair because I knew that they would be in the Extended DVD, well they better be.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Sounds fine, if true, however:

Let me be the first to say, "No way!"

That won't happen, so I take verything else with a grain of salt, as well.

If an american company is gonna get it, i hope its industrial light and magic.

 

[Wormwood]

Great news.

All I need to do to love RotK is wait another year.

 

[storyguide3]

Sounds fine, if true, however:

Let me be the first to say, "No way!"

That won't happen, so I take verything else with a grain of salt, as well.

The "Visual Companion" book for the movie specifically talks about the Mouth of Sauron and the mithril shirt, shows the Witch King on the battlements of Minas Tirith facing Gandalf, and has shots from the time Frodo and Sam sepnt with the orc troops. Peter Jackson has already said that there were scenes with Saruman, Grima and the rest at Isengard and that they would be in the EE.