Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings film after talk show ends
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“Talk show host Stephen Colbert to write new Lord of the Rings film”
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— J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), set in his fictional world of Middle-earth, have been the subject of numerous motion picture adaptations across film an…
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— Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( kohl-BAIR; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central new…
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— The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a 2024 anime fantasy film directed by Kenji Kamiyama from a screenplay by Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou, based…
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“Colbert will adapt an early section of the first Lord of the Rings novel, The Fellowship of the Ring, with his son, screenwriter Peter McGee”
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— Evelyn McGee Colbert (born Evelyn Brabham McGee; July 23, 1963) is an American producer and entrepreneur who works in the arts. She is a founding member of Montclair Film, as well as president of its …
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— Joseph Halstead "Peter" McGee Jr. (April 6, 1929 – April 27, 2024) was an American politician in the state of South Carolina. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1963 to 1968…
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— Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( kohl-BAIR; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central new…
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“In a clip of a call with director Peter Jackson, Colbert said it would 'be its own story that could fit into the larger story'”
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— The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Two Tow…
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— Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( kohl-BAIR; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the Comedy Central new…
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— The Reverend Sir Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World* is the fictionalized persona of political satirist Stephen Colbert, as portrayed on the Comedy Central series…
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“TV network CBS announced the cancellation of Colbert's late-night show last summer, and it will end in May after 33 years”
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“Colbert said he came up with the idea for the film, reportedly titled The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past”
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“Colbert is planning to adapt chapters three to eight of The Fellowship of the Ring”
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“The film's official synopsis says: 'Fourteen years after the passing of Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure. Meanwhile, Sam's daughter, Elanor, has discovered a long-buried secret and is determined to uncover why the War of the Ring was very nearly lost before it even began.'”
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“Colbert told Jackson it 'took me a few years to scrape my courage into a pile to give you a call', but he did so two years ago and Jackson liked his idea”
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“Colbert is now working with McGee and Philippa Boyens, who co-wrote the previous Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films”
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“Boyens is also co-writing the next Lord of the Rings-related release, The Hunt for Gollum, which is being directed by Andy Serkis and is due to come out in 2027”
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“Jackson directed the hugely successful Lord of the Rings film series more than 20 years ago, winning best director and best picture at the Oscars for The Return of the King in 2004”
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“That was followed by the Hobbit film trilogy and a big-budget Amazon Prime TV spin-off”
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