{"id":2583711,"date":"2026-03-25T13:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-colbert-co-writing-new-lord-of-the-rings-film-with-his-son\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:59:53","slug":"stephen-colbert-co-writing-new-lord-of-the-rings-film-with-his-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-colbert-co-writing-new-lord-of-the-rings-film-with-his-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert co-writing new Lord of the Rings film with his son"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstephen-colbert-co-writing-new-lord-of-the-rings-film-with-his-son%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Stephen Colbert is reportedly co-writing a new Lord of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warner-bros-announces-plans-for-lord-of-the-rings-prequel\/\" title=\"Warner Bros. Announces Plans For Lord Of The Rings Prequel\">rings film<\/a> with his son, alongside director Peter Jackson. The announcement came during a Zoom call, with Colbert explaining that the project would <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >adapt material<\/a> from early chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring-chapters not included in Jackson\u2019s films-while remaining faithful to both the books and the movie adaptations. Colbert said the idea came from discussions with his son, and they\u2019ve \u201cworked out\u201d what would fit into the larger story; he joked that he could have time to work on it this summer, since his Late show will end on May 21. The piece notes that the idea has drawn swift backlash on social media,with critics arguing it would be a poor move and some joking it could be a disaster. It also mentions broader coverage about Hollywood and Colbert\u2019s future plans, including speculation about a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoopi-goldberg-shocks-co-host-with-abrupt-interrogation-but-you-cant-say-that\/\" title=\"Whoopi Goldberg stuns co-host with unexpected questioning, but &#039;That&#039;s not allowed!&#039;\">post-show podcast<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stephen Colbert co-writing new Lord of the Rings film with his son<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2542924\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Late-night TV host <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stephen-colbert\/\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> is co-writing a new film in the <em>Lord of the Rings <\/em>saga.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert made the announcement with <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> director Peter Jackson on Tuesday, on a joint  Zoom call. Colbert said he finds himself reading &ldquo;over and over again&rdquo; six chapters at the beginning of the first book, <em>The Fellowship of the Ring<\/em>, that were never included in Jackson&rsquo;s film adaptation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4502708\/late-night-comedy-butt-of-joke\/\">Late-night comedy is the real butt of the joke: Joe Concha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4502090\/schumer-not-praise-trump-ruin-iran-militia-left-base-guy-benson\/\">Schumer can&#8217;t praise Trump degrading Iran military due to &#8216;left-wing base&#8217;: Guy Benson<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4501706\/ron-desantis-skeptical-zohran-mamdani-cause-uptick-migration-florida\/\">DeSantis skeptical Mamdani will cause more migration to Florida: &#8216;We&#8217;ll see&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s basically the chapter &lsquo;Three Is Company&rsquo; through &lsquo;Fog on the Barrow-Downs,&rdquo; Colbert said in a video posted to X. &ldquo;And I thought, &lsquo;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?&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In honor of Tolkien Reading Day and the destruction of the One Ring, we bring you a special announcement. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ufh9RLBIxO\">pic.twitter.com\/ufh9RLBIxO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Warner Bros. (@warnerbros) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warnerbros\/status\/2036654308557500560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Colbert said he began talking about this idea with his son, and they &ldquo;worked out&rdquo; what would work for this film. Colbert said he pitched the idea to Jackson, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jimmy-kimmel-says-wallstreetbets-might-be-russian-disruptors\/\" title=\"WATCH: Jimmy Kimmel Says WallStreetBets Might Be \u2018Russian Disruptors\u2019\">late-night host<\/a> and his son are co-writing the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert joked that he didn&rsquo;t think he would &ldquo;have the time&rdquo; to work on this project amid hosting his show, but &ldquo;it turns out&rdquo; he will be free beginning this summer. Colbert&rsquo;s joke was on his show, <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>, which will be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3475213\/cbs-cancels-late-show-stephen-colbert-financial-decision\/\">canceled this May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple users on X have vented their frustrations with Colbert helming a new <em>Lord of the Rings <\/em>film.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This will be significantly worse than Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. No one asked for a transgender orc,&rdquo; podcaster Katie Miller said on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This will be significantly worse than Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. <\/p>\n<p>No one asked for a transgender orc. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLWVZkayPL\">https:\/\/t.co\/oLWVZkayPL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Katie Miller (@KatieMiller) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatieMiller\/status\/2036736147158675899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;This might in fact be the worst idea anyone has ever had in history,&rdquo; <em>DailyWire<\/em> host Matt Walsh said on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This might in fact be the worst idea anyone has ever had in history <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CzkfwAy2gs\">https:\/\/t.co\/CzkfwAy2gs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/2036759011274485913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;A little early for April Fools isn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo; YouTube film critic the Critical Drinker said on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A little early for April Fools isn&#8217;t it? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dEGwKIiQg5\">https:\/\/t.co\/dEGwKIiQg5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Critical Drinker (@TheCriticalDri2) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCriticalDri2\/status\/2036710521630576708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Whoever came up with the idea to have a sequel to the Lord of the Rings, and to get Stephen Colbert to co-write it, should be launched into the sun,&rdquo; political analyst Josh Ferme said on X.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whoever came up with the idea to have a sequel to the Lord of the Rings, and to get Stephen Colbert to co-write it, should be launched into the sun. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHTqOvDVFT\">https:\/\/t.co\/VHTqOvDVFT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Ferme (@JoshFerme) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshFerme\/status\/2036760629218799830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/4497608\/glimmer-of-hope-hollywood-academy-awards\/\"><strong>RESTORING AMERICA: A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR HOLLYWOOD AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colbert will air his final episode on May 21. He joked last year that his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3913433\/stephen-colbert-paramount-could-uncancel-late-show-warner-bros-discovery-bid\/\">&ldquo;beloved&rdquo; parent company<\/a>, Paramount Skydance, could keep his show on the air as it sought to outbid Netflix for ownership of Warner Bros. Discovery.<\/p>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist Guy Benson predicted on March 15 that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4492748\/stephen-colbert-resistance-podcast-after-show-ends-guy-benson\/\">Colbert will start a &ldquo;resistance&rdquo; podcast<\/a> once his show wraps up. He said the late-night host will portray himself as being &ldquo;silenced&rdquo; by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colbert co-writing new LOTR film with his son<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2583712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26084460725667-e1774447463553.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[54579,37305,72281,38026],"class_list":["post-2583711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-film-news","tag-lord-of-the-rings","tag-screenwriting","tag-stephen-colbert"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26084460725667-e1774447463553.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583715,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583711\/revisions\/2583715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}