The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Blu-ray 3D Bound with Late March Release Date

The third and final Hobbit film is just around the corner from its home video debut as Warner Home Video has announced The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD release date is March 24, 2015. The Digital HD version will not arrive earlier than its disc-based companion versions.

Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was a worldwide sensation when it released theatrically this past December to wrap up The Hobbit film series and simultaneously complete Jackson’s six-film Middle-earth series. The film has earned over $951 million at the worldwide box office and is making a final push toward crossing the $1 billion mark.

Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Grey, with Martin Freeman in the central role of Bilbo Baggins, and Richard Armitage as Thorin Oakenshield. Comprising the world renowned ensemble cast are Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Connolly, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Aidan Turner, Dean O’Gorman, Graham McTavish, Stephen Fry, Ryan Cage, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom, Mikael Persbrandt, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Hambleton, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Stephen Hunter, Adam Brown, John Bell, Manu Bennett and John Tui.

As with each of the two previous The Hobbit films and The Lord of the Rings films before them, this first release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies on Blu-ray represents the theatrical cut of the film with an incomplete selection of bonus features. The extended edition director’s cut is expected to arrive on Blu-ray later this year with more extras and more footage added back into the film per Peter Jackson’s direction.

Here are the bonus features for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Blu-ray 3D combo pack and Blu-ray combo pack, each of which also includes the film on DVD and Digital HD: