While the world of cinema and fantasy literature fans were shaken by a wave of excitement, the genius behind the cinematic universe officially announced that a new Lord of the Rings project, which will be implemented in partnership with Stephen Colbert and Peter Jackson, has been in development for a year. J.R.R. While the Middle Earth universe created by Tolkien continues to expand with Prime Video’s “The Rings of Power” series, which deals with the Second Age, and Andy Serkis’s movie “The Hunt for Gollum” for the big screen, this time a completely different cinematic partnership hit the agenda like a bombshell.
It was revealed that the famous talk show host and comedian Stephen Colbert devoted his time entirely to Middle Earth after the sudden and controversial termination of his program “The Late Show” on the CBS channel. Peter Jackson, who received the Palme d’Or, the prestigious lifetime achievement award at the Cannes Film Festival, shared all the behind-the-scenes details of the project in his exclusive statement to Variety.
Hidden Details and New Zealand Journey According to Peter Jackson’s statements, Stephen Colbert reached him by phone with the idea of this movie exactly one year ago, at a time when he did not yet know that he would be fired by the CBS channel. Colbert, who has been known as a staunch Tolkien expert and fan for years, had prepared a draft script based on some chapters of the book The Fellowship of the Ring that were not adapted to the cinema in the original trilogy.
This idea, which focuses on the plot between the book’s “Three Is Company” and “Fog on the Barrow-downs” chapters, which tell about the uncanny events in the Barrows, managed to greatly impress Peter Jackson. Wanting to take the project one step further, Jackson brought Colbert together with Philippa Boyens, the veteran screenwriter of the Middle Earth trilogies. The trio worked on the film’s overall story arc and script in secrecy for the past year; Colbert even went to New Zealand personally and spent long hours with the team during this process.
The Path from Screens to Middle-earth Screenwriter Stating that this project was a lifesaver for Stephen Colbert after his dismissal, which caused a shock in the media, Peter Jackson summarized the irony of the situation with the following words: “One day you can be the most popular talk show host of late hours, and the next day you can find yourself completely a Tolkien screenwriter.” Jackson stated that during the process of digesting the injustice Colbert suffered and his sudden farewell to the screens, focusing on this huge fantasy project was very good for the famous comedian and made him extremely happy.
The production, which has the working title of “The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past” and is said to be about the adventures of Sam, Merry and Pippin’s children in the fourth age, shows that the team did not start from scratch and that there is already serious literary preparation behind it.
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