Leo Woodall also joins 'Hunt for Gollum,' while Lee Pace is also returning for the feature after starring in 'The Hobbit' movies.

Stephen Colbert's new Lord of the Rings movie, Shadow of the Past, will bring one of Tolkien's most mysterious characters to ...

The Lord of the Rings film franchise is expanding, but Hunt for Gollum and Shadow of the Past won't fit the same sort of mold ...

After The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings film trilogies, J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world is being brought back to the big ...

The director addressed working with the host on the upcoming project for the first time at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Stephen Colbert is headed to the Shire. The late-night talk show host will soon be ending his run on “The Late Show,” but his next big gig just might be his dream job. The Emmy winner has been tapped ...

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 25 years since the first Lord of the Rings movie, The Fellowship of the Ring, opened in theaters and took Hollywood by storm. The film was a box office smash, ...

While some reactions, like that of Cinema Tweets, question “what qualifies” Colbert to write the script, other complaints take aim at the story itself. Fans are taking issue with the sequel approach, ...

The next Lord of the Rings movie will be co-written by two of the franchise’s biggest fans: Stephen Colbert and his son! The news was announced in March 2026 by Peter Jackson in a social media video ...