As expected, New Line Home Video has announced the dual release of Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers. First on Aug 26th is The Two Towers Theatrical Edition, a 2 disc special edition (available in both Widescreen and Fullscreen releases with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio) will feature a modest number of 'making of' featurettes, A 10 minute sneak preview of The Return of the King, and a short film by Sean Astin called 'The Long and Short of It' with an accompanying making of. On November 18th New Line will release The Two Tower's Extended Cut a super 4 disc extended cut of the film with 40 minutes of additional scenes with new effects and a new score created for the extended material. The Extended edition will be presented in Anamorphic Widescreen with BOTH Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio with a number of audio commentaries and comprehensive making-of documentaries. Pre-Orders for The Two Towers Theatrical Edition will begin on May 9th and Pre-Orders for The Two Tower's Extended Cut begin June 20th.