I am also waiting for Tron and LOTR, but maybe this IM re-re vault isn't intended to be this year's "big" VE title.
Perhaps Stern is still sitting on a substantial IM parts inventory (at the very least, the development costs to make more were paid off long ago) and sees this as a cheap way to keep the lines going and maintain stable sales volume during the post-holiday/pre-tax refund period where (I presume) fewer games tend to be sold overall.