Stephen Colbert, well-known devotee to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Center Earth, is co-writing a “Lord of the Rings” film along with his son.
Warner Bros. introduced early Wednesday that Colbert will script “The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Previous” together with collection veteran Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, Colbert’s son. Producer Peter Jackson revealed Colbert’s involvement in a social media video that launched a “very particular companion” on the movie.
“It took me a number of years to scrape my braveness right into a pile to provide you a name, however about two years in the past I did,” Colbert informed Jackson. “You favored it sufficient to speak to me about it, and ever since then, the 2 of us have been working with the good Philippa Boyens on the best way to develop this story.”
“Shadow of the Previous” will come after Andy Serkis’ upcoming “The Hunt of Gollum,” which is ready to reach in theaters subsequent 12 months.
Colbert mentioned that a number of years in the past, whereas speaking along with his son, he considered a possible framing gadget for the movie, which follows a brand new journey for Sam, Merry and Pippin 14 years after the passing of Frodo.
“You already know what the books imply to me, and what your movies imply to me,” Colbert mentioned. “However the factor I discovered myself studying again and again had been the six chapters early on in (‘The Fellowship of the Ring’) that y’all by no means developed into the primary film again within the day.”
“I believed: ‘Oh, wait, possibly that may very well be its personal story that would match into the bigger story. May we make one thing that was fully devoted to the books whereas additionally being fully devoted to the flicks that you just guys had already made?’” added Colbert.
Colbert’s “The Late Present” on CBS is to air its final episode on Might 21 after the community introduced it was canceling the late night time present final July.
Although the “Late Present” was the top-rated community program in its time slot and nominated for an “Excellent Speak Collection” Emmy simply days earlier, CBS executives mentioned in a press launch that the cancellation was “purely a monetary choice.”
