Stephen Colbert Co-Writing New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie

Stephen Colbert you’ve got discovered his post-Late Show job.

The comic has been tapped to pen a brand new Lord of the Rings film, alongside Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, which will likely be the second of two upcoming movies in the blockbuster franchise. Colbert joined Peter Jackson to announce the information on social media Tuesday night time.

“The factor I discovered myself studying again and again have been the six chapters early on in The Fellowship [of the Ring] that y’all by no means developed into the first film again in the day,” Colbert said in the video (below). “It’s mainly chapters ‘Three Is Company’ via ‘Fog on the Barrow-downs,’ and I believed, Oh wait, perhaps that may very well be its personal story that might match into the bigger story. Could we make one thing that was fully trustworthy to the books whereas additionally being fully trustworthy to the films that you just guys had already made?

“And I started talking it over with my son Peter, who’s also a screenwriter, and we worked out what we thought would work, especially as a framing device for that story,” he continued. “It took me a few years to scrape my courage into a pile to give you a call, but about two years ago I did. You liked it enough to talk to me about it, and ever since then, the two of us have been working with the brilliant Philippa Boyens on how to develop this story.”

Colbert, a lifelong Tolkien devotee, added that the staff at Warner Bros., together with Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca, additionally “loved it.”

The installment, with the working title The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Pastwill come later Lord of the Rings: Hunt for Gollumwhich is presently in growth from director Andy Serkis. Colbert will work with Jackson, Fran Walsh and Boyens — the Oscar-winning trio who initially introduced the blockbuster The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies to life — on the movie from creator JRR Tolkien’s beloved books.

“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,” the synopsis reads.

Colbert is greatest identified for internet hosting The Late Show on CBS, however it would air its closing episode on May 21 after the community determined to cancel the long-running late night time discuss present final 12 months.