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Stephen Colbert, famous devotee of JRR Tolkien’s Middle-Earth, co-writes The Lord of the Rings film with his son.
Warner Bros. announced earlier Wednesday that Colbert will write The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past and series veterans Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, Colbert’s son. Producer Peter Jackson revealed Colbert’s involvement in a social media video introducing a “special partner” to the film.
“It took me a few years to work up the courage to call you, but about two years ago I did,” Colbert told Jackson. “He liked it enough to talk to me about it, and since then, we’ve both been working with the brilliant Philippa Boyens on how to develop this story.”
Colbert said that a few years ago, during a conversation with his son, he thought of a plot device for the film, which follows the new adventure of Sam, Merry and Pippin 14 years after Frodo’s passing.
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“You know what books mean to me, and what your movies mean to me,” Colbert said. But the thing I found myself reading over and over was the first six chapters Fellowship [of the Ring] that you never developed into the first film back in the day. “
“I thought: ‘Oh, wait, maybe that could be its own story that could fit into the larger story. Can we do something that’s completely faithful to the books while also being completely faithful to the movies that you’ve already made?'” Colbert added.
A long line of adaptation
The Shadow of the Past following a long series of The Lord of the Rings adaptation, including Jackson. After his trilogy of films, the producer/director made a trilogy of prequels based on Tolkien’s. The Hobbit. He then helped produce the anime The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim in 2024.
Currently, The Shadow of the Past it will come after Andy Serkis comes The Hunt for Gollumwhich is also being produced by Jackson and is expected to hit theaters next year.
And then there’s the Amazon Prime prequel series – unrelated to Jackson’s circumstances – Rings of Powerwhich was widely reported as the most expensive show ever created when its first season is released in 2022.
With a price tag of around $1 billion US, it has received generally positive reviews. Although filming has reportedly wrapped, the show’s third season has yet to have a confirmed release date.
Amazon spent $1 billion in the US making the first season of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, a CBC series that Eli Glasner called ‘epic and elemental. An amazing start.’
And alongside dozens of other well-received video games – since 2003 The Return of the King to i Middle-Earth series in 2010 – 2023’s The Lord of the Rings: Gollum was widely derided as one of the worst video games ever.
Cool game of 2025 Legends of the Shirefrom A photo Costume and prop design company Wētā Workshop, received mixed reviews.
In accordance with unconfirmed report from Insider Gamingthe new one The Lord of the Rings a game that is meant to be competitive Hogwarts Legacy it was heard that it was improving.
As a lifelong fan, Colbert has repeatedly shown his near encyclopedic The Lord of the Rings information. He used to have actors and a variety crew The Lord of the Rings movies – including Jackson – on his show, while constantly challenging guests to puzzle him with obscure trivia questions.
Marking Engagement RingTo celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2021, he brought together many actors to pay tribute to rap in the franchise in an episode of The Late Show.
“The Lord of the Rings without a doubt, the greatest trilogy in movie history,” he said before that performance.
The Late Show on CBS will air its final episode on May 21 after the network announced it was canceling the series last July.
