We may still be in the very early stages The Hunt for Gollum being real moviebut time waits for no man – or in this case, No Hobbit.
Celebrating Tolkien Reading Day – celebrating the esteemed The Lord of the Rings clerical work, on the day it is in the Middle Earth calendar Sauron was defeated With the destruction of the One Ring—Warner Bros. announced that another new film in the series is in development: Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past.
The new film will be produced by WingNut Films in association with Spartina Industries and will star Phillipa Boyens, Peter McGee and Tolkien superfan Stephen Colbert. It is set 14 years after the climax The return of the king and Frodo’s passage to the West for his role in carrying the One Ring to Mordor.
Shadow of the past Warner Bros. will see Sam, Merry and Pippin reunite to “take the first steps of their adventure,” while Sam’s daughter Elanor goes on an unlikely quest of her own – revealing a long-lost secret about the early days of the War of the Ring, according to a press release from
According to Colbert in a new interview shared by Warner Bros., he developed the idea inspired by the five chapters. The Fellowship of the Ring Jackson’s encounter with the mysterious Tom Bombadil two years earlier when the Hobbits were fleeing the Black Riders with his son was not included in Jackson’s film, adding to Jackson that “it took me a few years to work up the courage to call you … you were nice enough to talk to me about it.” Colbert didn’t originally plan to help write the script end of time about The Late Show with Stephen Colbert It was announced last year, paving the way for him to begin work on the project in earnest this summer.
There are no details on the casting Shadow of the past confirmed, but given the frameset, it won’t too It’s surprising to see Warner Bros. trying to bring back Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd.
We will tell you more about Warner Bros. plans for The Lord of the Rings when we study them.
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