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Posted on 03/25/2026 4:57:21 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Warner Bros. has revealed that Stephen Colbert and his son are developing a brand new “Lord of the Rings” movie. The announcement came Tuesday night via the studio’s various social media accounts.
The video announcement opened with “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson giving a quick update about the next film in the fantasy franchise: Andy Serkis’ “The Hunt for Gollum.” Jackson said of the project, which is set for release in 2027: “Andy is doing a terrific job. It’s looking amazing. The script is coming together really well and I think it’s going to be a really good film.”
Jackson then teased his “very special partner” who will help develop the next film after “The Hunt for Gollum,” titled “The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past.” That partner is none other than “The Late Show Host” Colbert, who Jackson patched in through a video call. Colbert, a vocal Tolkien fanatic, then explained that the plot of his movie will come from chapters of “The Fellowship of the Ring” that didn’t make it into Jackson’s 2001 adaptation.
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I sense a cinematic disaster and if Jackson has any sense he will disassociate himself from it immediately.
Starring James Carville.
2nd that.
And Jackson is generally a really smart, interesting dude. If you haven’t seen They Shall Not Grow Old, as well as any videos of Jackson’s military history museum collection, you should.
I’ll be staying away in droves. Anyways I never see these stupid crypto-leprechaun movies.
The only disappointment I had with the Jackson LOTR treatment was the disinclusion of Tom Bombadil. That and the scouring of the Shire.
No Good comes of these morons. The trust that sold rights should be sued for defamation of character of a great Chritian writer.
The exclusion of Tom was understandable. If you had to exclude any one character, it would have to be Tom.
Regards,
I would have excluded the skeleton guys on horses. Those guys were jerks!
How to keep getting some of that laundered cash - hey lets make a movie.
I’m good. Hard pass.
“The only disappointment I had with the Jackson LOTR treatment was the disinclusion of Tom Bombadil. That and the scouring of the Shire.”
I left the theater missing Tom as well.
Never the less I doubt I’ll see this or any other of these films.
The first three were enough for me.
“Colbert, a vocal Tolkien fanatic...”
THAT’S his credentials that qualify him to be involved in the production?
This is dead in the water.
The ongoing destruction of Tolkien’s works has turned most fans towards dreading whatever the woke plan.
I won’t see it. Colbert is not a good partner for this.
Bombadil’s inclusion in the books was only done by Tolkien at the behest of his kids, or grandkids, because they loved the character so much from previous bedtime stories. Bombadil’s character would have been a bit incongruent with the flow of the movie’s storyline, added a great deal of expense and, more importantly, added a great deal of time, to an already long, long movie for a tangent that really led nowhere.
Tom is an interesting fellow, for sure, but a smart move by Peter Jackson.
Tom is central to the meaning of the story. A forest being who loved nature and his wife’s big knockers.
In this day and age does it matter? Those supposedly qualified make tired reboots and woke garbage mostly.
Curious: How do you know that?
“In this day and age does it matter?”
That’s kinda my point....the libs set the bar so low everyone is a qualified expert.
Using that logic, I can be a brain surgeon. SMH
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