Late-night host Stephen Colbert shrugged off condemnation from « Lord of the Rings » fans who are upset he will be taking the helm of an upcoming movie.
Colbert has spoken out about the cancellation of « The Late Show » in multiple interviews — most recently with The Hollywood Reporter — which also highlighted the next steps of his career.
« If there is a silver lining to Colbert’s unexpected ouster, it’s that he is now able to be intimately involved in co-writing an installment of the Lord of the Rings film franchise, » The Hollywood Reporter wrote. « The project is already six years in the making and a lifelong dream for the self-proclaimed superfan. »
STEPHEN COLBERT’S SURPRISING NEXT ACT AFTER ‘THE LATE SHOW’ ENDS: CO-WRITING A ‘LORD OF THE RINGS’ FILM
« You’ve announced your next act: a Lord of the Rings film. Naturally, there’s a contingent of the LOTR fan community that’s miffed: ‘Why does Stephen get to write this? Just because he’s famous and a superfan?' » The Hollywood Reporter interviewer asked. « Tell them why they should trust you. »
« I mean, there’s no reason to, » Colbert said. « And there’s no value in me addressing that because all you can do as — I’ll use a loaded term here — an artist is follow your heart and the craft that you have learned to try to turn this into something that is not fandom but drama. »
« And luckily, I don’t have to do this alone, » he continued. « I have a great Sherpa in [co-writer and LOTR veteran] Philippa Boyens, who cares about it in the same way I do. And I will just say that every moment has been a joy so far. »
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Colbert initially revealed in a video announcement in March that he will co-write the next « Lord of the Rings » movie after his show ends this month.
« You know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me, but the thing I found myself reading over and over again were the six chapters early on in the ‘Fellowship’ that y’all never developed into the first movie back in the day, » Colbert said in a video with Peter Jackson, the director of the « Lord of the Rings » movies.
Colbert said the next film would be based on « Fog on the Barrow-downs, » chapter eight of « The Fellowship of the Ring, » the first book in the fantasy trilogy from J.R.R. Tolkien.
The series written by Tolkien, a devout Catholic, became a popular franchise with conservatives. Some on the left, including MS NOW anchor Rachel Maddow, have even claimed the work has been embraced by the « far-right. »
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Some fans argue they have good reason to be concerned about new « Lord of the Rings » content. Amazon’s « Rings of Power » series, notably separate from Jackson’s film adaptations, was widely criticized as a modern, liberal take on the classic literature.
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