Stephen Colbert will move from late night to Middle-earth
The comedian will write a new Lord Of The Rings movie based on the "Fog On The Barrow-Downs" chapter of Fellowship Of The Ring.
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Stephen Colbert will say goodbye to The Late Show in just under two months, but he has perhaps an even bigger dream on his horizon. Overnight, Deadline reported that Colbert, along with Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, is set to write a new Lord Of The Rings film, tentatively titled The Lord Of The Rings: Shadow Of The Past. The film is set to be based on the “Fog On The Barrow-Downs,” one of the so-far unadapted chapters of The Fellowship Of The Ring. In the chapter, a handful of Hobbits are trapped by a Barrow-wight in a thick fog. The film will also introduce Tom Bombadill, a character left out of Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings adaptations. Per Deadline, the film will be set 14 years after the departure of Frodo and will see Sam, Merry, and Pippin retracting the first steps of the Hobbits’ quest. Sam’s daughter, Elanor, will also investigate how the War Of The Ring was nearly lost.
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