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Stephen Colbert STUNS With Surprise Lord of the Rings Movie Announcement
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8:43Now PlayingStephen Colbert reveals his new post-Late Show job with surprise announcement over co-writing a new Lord of the Rings movie, alongside Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee. John Iadarola and Yasmin Kahn break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Stephen Colbert CoWriting New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie
"Stephen Colbert has found his post-Late Show job.
The comedian has been tapped to pen a new Lord of the Rings movie, alongside Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee, which will be the second of two upcoming films in the blockbuster franchise. Colbert joined Peter Jackson to announce the news on social media Tuesday night.
“The thing I found myself reading over and over again were the six chapters early on in The Fellowship [of the Ring] that y’all never developed into the first movie back in the day,” Colbert said in the video (below). “It’s basically chapters ‘Three Is Company’ through ‘Fog on the Barrow-downs,’ and I thought, Oh wait, maybe that could be its own story that could fit into the larger story. Could we make something that was completely faithful to the books while also being completely faithful to the movies that you guys had already made?"
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