To hear a director fiddling with their beloved classic and modernizing special effects might raise a red flag for “Star Wars” fans who have groaned at George Lucas’ tweaks and additions to the original trilogy of “Star Wars” films.Īnd while we haven’t seen the new look of the “Lord of the Rings” films, Jackson said nothing has been made to look different, but that shots that didn’t hold up to the 4K remaster have now been touched up. “They now feel like they’re one big long movie telling the same story looking and sounding the same,” he continued.Īlso Read: Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' Series Adds 20 to Cast

“It’s great to have all the films looking like they were shot at the same time.” “I realized how inconsistent they were,” Jackson said in a behind the scenes video about the process that was posted Tuesday. Jackson says he noticed “visual inconsistencies” between the six films, namely because “The Fellowship of the Ring,” “The Two Towers” and “The Return of the King” were all shot on 35mm film, while “The Hobbit” movies were shot with digital cameras and even some ahead-of-their-time, experimental frame rates, as well as with different color timing techniques between the first film and the second two.

And in revisiting the films, director Peter Jackson says he’s updated them so that they all look “like they were shot at the same time.”

All six of “The Lord of the Rings” films, including the original trilogy and “The Hobbit” trilogy, are now all available in a remastered 4K Ultra HD re-release.

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