As expected, there will be an extended edition of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. While not lengthening the film quite like The Lord of the Rings did, it will feature 13 minutes of new footage.

If that does not sound like enough to warrant another purchase for those that have the theatrical version maybe the nine hours of special features will change your mind.

Yep. Nine hours.

The Blu-Ray release last March was simply a bare bones version and if you are any type of LOTR fan you knew that meant that there would be a huge amount of special features coming when the extended edition was announced and Peter Jackson never disappoints. There will be a full chronological telling of the pre-production and shooting of the film called The Appendices just like in the LOTR extended versions.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition will release on November 5th.