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Stephen Colbert Developing New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Movie
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/lord-of-the-rings-movie-stephen-colbert-warner-bros-1236698684/
Third spruce tree on the left@TheBreadmonkey he's like the hugest LoTR nerd. Like, can quote the Similarillion nerd.
Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, And Peter Jackson Try To Stump Stephen With LOTR Trivia
aburka 🫣@tezoatlipoca @TheBreadmonkey Paramount seems to have disappeared it from YouTube but the one with James Franco is a classic
Franco: name three -- just three! -- of the Valar
Colbert: [rattles off full names of all 14 Valar]
Colbert: You come into MY HOUSE...!
@TheBreadmonkey @aburka so, like I get the concern about random celebrities doing pet project rehashes of cherished properties, but w.r.t. anything Tolkein, I could think of worse people to be handling it than Colbert.
Also Colbert knows what he's good at (being a news/satire/talk show host) and what he's not, he'll executive produce it, but he'd leave the rest to experts.
@tezoatlipoca @TheBreadmonkey yeah I trust him to handle this
@aburka @TheBreadmonkey counterpoint to this, what cherished property was absolutely ruined by someone's vanity pet project?
I know there are lots, Im drawing a blank at the moment.