Stephen Colbert Set To Write Next ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Movie After ‘The Hunt For Gollum’ Based On “Fog On The Barrow-Downs” Chapter

Stephen Colbert doesn’t person to interest astir his adjacent gig aft he signs disconnected arsenic big connected CBS’s The Late Show connected May 21. The late-night show costs will beryllium embarking connected what is arguably a dream task for him: adapting nan next Lord of nan Rings movie from New Line, pinch producers Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh.

Colbert revealed that nan movie will beryllium based connected “Fogs connected nan Barrow-downs,” nan eighth section of The Fellowship of nan Ring, wherever Hobbits are trapped by a Barrow-wight successful an unnatural fog.

This is nan 2nd Lord of nan Rings movie based connected J.R.R. Tolkien’s appendices. The adjacent 1 is Lord of nan Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, directed by Gollum himself, Andy Serkis and adapted by Walsh, Boyens, Arty Papageorgiou and Phoebe Gittins. The movie, owed retired connected Dec. 17, 2027, follows

Colbert has agelong been known arsenic an obsessed Lord of nan Rings fan, moreover hosting panels astatine Comic-Con for some nan Amazon bid and 2014’s The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies.

Altogether, nan Lord of nan Rings and Hobbit series, crossed six movies, person grossed complete $5.9 cardinal worldwide.