Wooow. I’m very much looking forward to seeing the final product of these! I’m definitely going to have to wait for this for my next marathon viewing. Is it just 35mm that is being used for colour reference, or is DVD also being used?

Curious. With the theatrical cut Blu-ray of FotR in particular not suffering from the overly green tinted regrading and black crush, why not use that video for all theatrical scenes, as less regrading would be necessary? I don’t recall, but is the main issue that the theatrical cut Blu-ray suffers from worse DNR than the extended cut Blu-ray?

Also, I haven’t done a side-by-side comparison, but are there shots/scenes from the latest 4K UHD release that are worth salvaging for better quality and/grading, despite the heavy DNR?

Thanks! 😃