Send a textIn 2001, a film many thought would ruin a movie studio — a big budget fantasy film based on books by J.R.R. Tolkien — hit theaters on Dec. 19. It blew even the highest opening weekend predictions completely out of the water and went on to make and change cinema history. Next year the 25th Anniversary of the the LORD OF THE RINGS film trilogy will start with the extended editions returning to theaters.That's great but it isn't the 25th Anniversary version or celebration of the films Peter Jackson and company wanted and it isn't the 25th celebration that fans deserve. In this edition of The Tolkien Podcast, we will examine the long hoped for  Ultimate Edition of the film trilogy AND how that relates to the ongoing battle to buy Warner Bros., and therefore the LOTR films."I'd love to do an ultimate edition, a final, definitive version when the time is right. There's still a lot of great material that hasn't been seen." - Peter Jackson, 2004"There's so much more we could do. The amount of material we have is staggering. It's just a matter of finding the right time and format to release it." - Michael Pellerin, 2006"Fans have been clamoring for an ultimate edition of the films for years, and both Jackson and Pellerin have hinted that it's something they'd like to do when the timing is right." - Larry D. Curtis, TheOneRing.net, 2009Support the showContact: [email protected]