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The comedian will write a new Lord Of The Rings movie based on the 'Fog On The Barrow-Downs' chapter of Fellowship Of The Ring.

film, tentatively titled. The film is set to be based on the “Fog On The Barrow-Downs,” one of the so-far unadapted chapters of. In the chapter, a handful of Hobbits are trapped by a Barrow-wight in a thick fog.

The film will also introduce Tom Bombadill, a character left out of Peter Jackson’s, the film will be set 14 years after the departure of Frodo and will see Sam, Merry, and Pippin retracting the first steps of the Hobbits’ quest. Sam’s daughter, Elanor, will also investigate how the War Of The Ring was nearly lost. might make it to the screen, but it’ll be after the next. That one is due out in late 2027 and will feature Andy Serkis and,with Jackson, Dame Fran Walsh, New Line Cinema, and Warner Bros. Colbert and Jackson confirmed the news with an , with Colbert saying to Jackson, “The thing I found myself reading over and over again were the six chapters early on in thethat y’all never developed into the first movie back in the day,” adding that he wanted to make something “completely faithful to the books while also being completely faithful to movies.’ Colbert is, famously, a huge fan of both J.R.R. Tolkien’s books and Jackson’s film trilogy, as numerous

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