{"id":2345252,"date":"2026-03-25T17:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2345252"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:56:19","slug":"stephen-colbert-writing-lord-of-the-rings-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stephen-colbert-writing-lord-of-the-rings-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert\u00a0Writing\u00a0Lord of the Rings\u00a0Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>It\u2019s never too late for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/stephen_colbert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stephen Colbert<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to start <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1420472\/stephen-colbert-teases-new-job-after-late-show-canceled?query=colbert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\">a new chapter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two months before\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/the_late_show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener noreferrer\">The Late Show<\/a> with Stephen Colbert\u00a0comes to an end,\u00a0The Lord of the Rings\u00a0director\u00a0<strong>Peter Jackson<\/strong>\u00a0revealed the\u00a0late-night host is set to \u201cdevelop the script\u201d for an upcoming film in the franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0announcing\u00a0that the\u00a0LOTR\u00a0team was working with &#8220;a very special partner\u201d in a March 25\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/warnerbros\/status\/2036654308557500560\">X video<\/a>, Peter teased that fans could \u201csee for yourself\u201d who that person would be as Stephen entered the clip in a split-screen, where he could be seen with his nose in a book from the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a self-proclaimed superfan of the novels, Stephen couldn\u2019t hide his excitement over his new role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m pretty happy about it\u201d he said. \u201cYou know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting that he wanted to focus the upcoming movie on chapters three through six from the first book, which never made it into the movies, Stephen knew for some time now \u201cthat could be its own story that could fit into the larger story.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.eonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s never too late for\u00a0Stephen Colbert\u00a0to start a new chapter.\u00a0 Two months before\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u00a0comes to an end,\u00a0The Lord of the Rings\u00a0director\u00a0Peter Jackson\u00a0revealed 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