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On Tuesday night, Warner Bros. announced that Stephen Colbert is developing a new Lord of the Rings movie. The film, The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past is set to be written by Colbert along with Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee. The film will be set fourteen years after the passing of Frodo with Sam, Merry, and Pippin setting 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. The movie is based on “Fogs on the Barrow-downs,” the eight chapter in The Fellowship of the Ring.
Stephen Colbert Is A Surprising But Perfect Choice for the New Lord of The Rings Movie
While it might seem a little unusual that someone best known for their work as a late-night host — Colbert has been the host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since 2015 — his participation in the new Lord of the Rings film actually makes a lot of sense. Colbert is a lifelong Tolkien devotee, someone who knows the books extremely well. He’s previously hosted panels at Comic-Con for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series as well as 2014’s The Hobbit: the Battle of Five Armies. Colbert’s love of Lord of the Rings is evident in his explanation for why this specific story is going to be made into a movie.
