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Stephen Colbert highlighted thousands of “No Kings” protests against Donald Trump across the U.S. and Europe, praising crowds from New York to London and delivering satirical quips on his show; the rallies are described as the largest single-day protest in the U.S. since Earth Day 1970.
Variety chronicles Stephen Colbert’s long-running Lord of the Rings fandom, highlighting on-air Elvish debates, a Lake-town spy cameo in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, his Middle-earth short with the original cast, a 20th-anniversary Elvish rap tribute, Comic-Con panel hosting in costume, and his co-writing credit on a new Rings film, Shadow of the Past, with Philippa Boyens and his son—illustrating how a fan’s passion can shape Hollywood projects.
Stephen Colbert revealed he's teaming with Peter Jackson on a Tolkien-inspired film based on early chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring, a project written with his son Peter McGee and tentatively titled The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past, as he wraps up his Late Show.
Warner Bros. and New Line are moving forward with a post-Return of the King LOTR film called Shadow of the Past, co-written by Philippa Boyens, Peter McGee, and Stephen Colbert, which follows Sam Gamgee’s daughter Elanor retracing the hobbits’ earliest adventures with potential flashbacks and de-aging. The piece raises questions about whether future LOTR projects will be dominated by nostalgia, whether Colbert is a suitable screenwriter, how it aligns with Tolkien’s unfinished sequel ideas, and whether this approach risks diluting the franchise’s legacy. It also notes comparisons to The Rings of Power and The War of the Rohirrim as context for the studio’s strategy.
Stephen Colbert is developing a new The Lord of the Rings film with his son Peter McGee and veteran writer Philippa Boyens. The project plans a story faithful to Tolkien’s books and the films, using a framing device to adapt missing chapters (chapters 3–8) from The Fellowship of the Ring. The plot is described as set fourteen years after Frodo’s passing, following Sam’s daughter Elanor as she uncovers a long-buried secret, with the original LOTR writers involved in shaping the story.
Stephen Colbert, a longtime Lord of the Rings superfan, will co‑write The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past with his son Peter McGee and Philippa Boyens for director Peter Jackson. The film, linked to the Hunt for Gollum project, would explore chapters from The Fellowship of the Ring not developed for the original 2001 adaptation and follow Sam, Merry, and Pippin about 14 years after Frodo's death. Colbert noted he’ll juggle the writing duties with the end of CBS’s Late Show in May 2026.
Vince Vaughn said late-night talk shows have become agenda-driven and unfunny, arguing the humor is lost to political scolding. He shared the critique on Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast, suggesting audiences are turning to podcasts for more authentic conversations and noting Colbert and Kimmel as examples of the current format.
Stephen Colbert will write a new Lord of the Rings film as a sequel to the original trilogy, teaming with his screenwriter son Peter McGee and consulting with Philippa Boyens and Warner Bros. The project adapts parts of The Fellowship of the Ring and follows hobbits Sam, Merry and Pippin retracing their first steps after Frodo Baggins’s death, with the film slated to move forward this summer.
Stephen Colbert will co-write a new Lord of the Rings film for Warner Bros., teaming with his son Peter McGee and Philippa Boyens on The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past. The story follows Sam, Merry and Pippin fourteen years after Frodo’s death as they retrace the original journey, while Sam’s daughter Elanor uncovers a long-buried secret. Colbert, a longtime LOTR fan, will begin after The Late Show ends; the project is part of a two-film slate that includes The Hunt for Gollum (2027) directed by Andy Serkis, with Gandalf and Frodo reportedly teased for returns but not officially announced.
Stephen Colbert will write a new Lord of the Rings film, reportedly titled Shadow of the Past, with Peter Jackson producing. The story, set 14 years after Frodo’s death, follows Sam, Merry, and Pippin as they retrace the first steps of their journey, while Sam’s daughter Elanor uncovers a long-buried secret connected to the War of the Ring. Colbert wrote the outline with his son Peter Colbert, and the screenplay will be a collaboration with Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee; Jackson, Boyens, and Fran Walsh will produce. Warner Bros. backs the project, which is billed as faithful to both the books and the films.
Stephen Colbert will co-write and develop a new Lord of the Rings film after ending his Late Show run, teaming with Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens and screenwriter Peter McGee. The project, tentatively titled Shadow of the Past, will draw on early chapters from The Fellowship of the Ring not used in the original films and is planned for a 2027 release as Warner Bros. Discovery/New Line continue LOTR work.
Stephen Colbert is set to co-write a new Lord of the Rings movie, The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past, collaborating with Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. The project is described as the second of two upcoming films in the franchise and will draw from early Fellowship material, following the development of Hunt for Gollum, with Jackson announcing the news on social media.
Stephen Colbert and his son are developing a new Lord of the Rings movie at Warner Bros., with Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens shaping the script. The project, reportedly titled The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past, would draw from unused chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring and be framed to stay faithful to both the books and Jackson’s films; it is planned for release in 2027.
A Late Night Roundup recap centers on Stephen Colbert joking about the Pentagon’s 2025 spending spree—lavish seafood, donuts, ice cream machines, and even fruit-basket stands—while poking fun at Pete Hegseth and other hosts’ takes on defense and Middle East policy, illustrating political satire around government spending and celebrity-host humor.
Late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert mocked Pete Hegseth’s reported Pentagon spending spree, citing an Open the Books scorecard that the Department spent around $93 billion in September on luxury items (lobster tails, ribeye, donuts, ice cream machines) and furniture, and quipping about hawkish policies and how a Democrat might react to even bigger spending—tying the humor to concerns about wasteful government expenditures.