RotK ee: any word on deleted scenes?

[danbala]

Have you heard anything about deleted scenes in the Return of the King EE?
So far I have heard rumors of the following:

1) "Houses of the Healing scene"

2) Some sort of avalanche of skulls during paths of the dead sequence. (This is taken from P Jackson's comments to the shooting script. It would somewhat track events in the RotK video game as well).

3) Sam and Frodo get conscripted while disguised in ork armor. I've seen pictures of this part in an illustrated guide book. I assume that it explains why it is that Sam and Frodo go from Ork armor to street clothes.

4) Eomer gets upset when he sees Theoden die. (Shown in preview)

5) Gandalf fights Witch King and gets staff broken. (Shown in preview). Apparently this is why he doesn't have staff in Denethor immolation scene.

6) Merry pledges loyalty to Theoden. (Shown in earlier trilogy previews).

7) Mouth of Sauron parleys with Aragon (this would track the video game better).

Any others that you’ve heard of?

The only other one that I can think of involves many a fight with the Black corsairs and the army of the dead. PJ supposed has a cameo as a Black corsair and is killed onscreen.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Death of Saruman/Wormtongue.

 

[Piratecat]

4) Eomer gets upset when he sees Theoden die. (Shown in preview)

He's grieving for Gamling, I believe.

Also, Gimli apparently has a big fight scene with the puffy orc general.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Also, Gimli apparently has a big fight scene with the puffy orc general.

Niiiiice. I remember being kinda bummed that they didn't show Sloth the Orc get whacked.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Don't forget the part where Merry melvins the Witchking, before stabbing him. And the part where Elrond goes around poking Orcs and they turn into other Elronds and go around poking other orcs.

I understand, from John Noble's comments, scenes with Denethor were cut, so perhaps they will be back in.

And perhaps the bit from the book where the Witchking reveals he has no head, just the crown and the burning eyes.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Also, Gimli apparently has a big fight scene with the puffy orc general.

Awesome! I really hope this scene makes it into the EE; we got to see Legolas singlehandedly take down an Oliphant, but we didn't get to see Gimli do any asskicking.

Stupid attention-whore elves.

 

[Pants]

And perhaps the bit from the book where the Witchking reveals he has no head, just the crown and the burning eyes.

As much as I like the books, I think that would be really lame.

 

[WanderingMonster]

For Christmas, I received a copy of Trivial Pursuit: Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Collector's Edition. One of the questions was, "Which character kills Sauron's emissary at the Black Gate?"

A:

Spoiler

Aragorn

I thought, "Hey wait...THAT wasn't in the movie!" And what I've read from different sources, that scene is in the extended edition.

For what it's worth, the game is fun, but pretty easy if you've seen the EE's of the first two movies more than 2-3 times.

 

[mojo1701]

And perhaps the bit from the book where the Witchking reveals he has no head, just the crown and the burning eyes.

I was waiting for that...

And let's not forget, let's not forget, why Denethor was crazy in the first place...

 

[Dark Jezter]

For Christmas, I received a copy of Trivial Pursuit: Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Collector's Edition. One of the questions was, "Which character kills Sauron's emissary at the Black Gate?"

A:

Spoiler

Aragorn

I thought, "Hey wait...THAT wasn't in the movie!" And what I've read from different sources, that scene is in the extended edition.

For what it's worth, the game is fun, but pretty easy if you've seen the EE's of the first two movies more than 2-3 times.

In the Return of the King video game,

Spoiler

Aragorn (or Gandalf, or Gimli, or Legolas, depening on who you play as) and the Mouth of Sauron get into a fight with each other after the mouth of Sauron presents them with Frodo's mail shirt and tells them that he's dead.

Should be interesting to see how that's handled in the extended edition.