In honor of the 25th anniversary of The Fellowship of the Ring, the extended trilogy will return to cinemas in January 2026. Middle-earth is welcoming fans back to experience the saga on the big screen.
The Lord of the Rings, or LOTR, is an epic high fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. It continues the saga launched with The Hobbit, told across three volume:s The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. Warner Bros will bring Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy back to theaters in January 2026 to celebrate 25 years of The Fellowship of the Ring, according to Variety.
This January, Fathom Entertainment and Warner Bros. are bringing Tolkien’s legendary epics back to American cinemas, with showings on the 16–19 and 23–25. Beyond the buzz of Star Wars’ landmark re-release and the fresh Lord of the Rings update, IMAX revealed last Friday that additional Studio Ghibli titles will soon be remastered in 4K for IMAX screens, a move inspired by the impressive theatrical revival of Princess Mononoke earlier this summer. Just last year saw Jackson’s newly remastered trilogy hit UK cinemas, and now the Lord of the Rings series sets a January 2026 cinema re-release for Fellowship Of The Ring’s 25th anniversary.
Between 2001 and 2014, every live‑action film in The Lord of the Rings series was directed by Peter Jackson. He worked alongside Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens as co‑writers, forming the creative team that brought J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories to life in award‑winning adaptations.