What Story Could Stephen Colbert's Lord Of The Rings Movie Cover?

New Line Cinema

J.R.R. Tolkien superfan Stephen Colbert is officially becoming a portion of nan Middle-earth cinematic experience. In a uncover video, Peter Jackson joined Colbert to denote a "Lord of nan Rings" sequel film titled, astatine slightest for nan clip being, "The Lord of nan Rings: Shadow of nan Past." The title is nan sanction of nan 2nd section of Tolkien's "The Fellowship of nan Ring" book, but Colbert clarified that nan movie he's moving connected — successful summation to featuring a framework communicative that takes spot aft nan events of nan "Lord of nan Rings" trilogy — will screen immoderate worldly from nan "Fellowship" caller that Jackson and institution didn't see successful their movie adaptation:

"The point I recovered myself reference complete and complete again were nan six chapters early connected successful 'The Fellowship' that ya'll ne'er developed into nan first movie backmost successful nan time [...] and I thought, 'Oh wait, possibly that could beryllium its ain communicative that could fresh into nan larger story.'"

The six chapters Colbert is talking astir travel correct aft "The Shadow of nan Past," early successful nan "Fellowship of nan Ring" book. With respect to Jackson's movie adaptation, they hap aft Frodo (Elijah Wood) and his chap Hobbits Merry (Dominic Monaghan), Pippin (Billy Boyd), and Sam (Sean Astin), are astir caught by Black Riders successful nan woods and past abruptly show up successful nan pouring rainfall astatine nan gates of Bree. The evident question? What do those six skipped chapters incorporate that could beryllium worthy adapting into an wholly abstracted film? Let's break it down.

New Line Cinema

The first 3 chapters that Stephen Colbert is adapting from nan "Fellowship of nan Ring" caller are "Three is Company," "A Shortcut to Mushrooms," and "A Conspiracy Unmasked." Some of this worldly was antecedently covered successful Peter Jackson's movie adaptation, of course, for illustration nan Hobbits stealing veggies from Farmer Cotton's crops and astir getting caught by Black Riders.

As nan quartet of Hobbits hole to time off nan Shire, though, Jackson's movie jumps from them crossing nan Brandywine Bridge connected nan Bucklebury Ferry to them abruptly successful Bree. The original book, connected nan different hand, has them going from nan Ferry to Frodo's caller house, called Crickhollow, which he bought aft trading Bag End. There, they meet a chap Hobbit named Fredegar "Fatty" Bolger, who helps them get connected their measurement and moreover stays down to dress Frodo is still surviving successful his caller home.

In J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, this is besides nan constituent wherever Merry, Pippin, Sam, and Fatty uncover their "conspiracy" — basically, nan truth that they person been afloat alert that Frodo is leaving nan Shire this full time, and they're prepared to spell pinch him. In different words, they don't conscionable tag on connected a whim, owed to a chance encounter, for illustration successful Jackson's film. 

It'll beryllium interesting, then, to spot really Colbert adjusts these specifications to amended fresh pinch nan measurement things play retired successful Jackson's "Lord of nan Rings" movies. Regardless, this is wherever nan mini "between nan lines" escapade that Colbert mentioned gets going. From there, nan adjacent 3 chapters — titled "The Old Forest," "In nan House of Tom Bombadil," and "Fog connected nan Barrow-Downs" — return nan action past nan borders of nan Shire.

Amazon MGM Studios

After leaving Crickhollow, Frodo and his friends recreation done an inhospitable agelong of wood bordering nan Shire that feels a batch for illustration Fangorn Forest without nan Ents. The trees are live and semi-mobile, and 1 named Old Man Willow captures nan Hobbits and astir kills them. Luckily, they're saved by nan timely involution of nan peculiar Tom Bombadil (who made his live-action debut successful "The Rings of Power" play 2).

Bombadil past takes nan Hobbits to his location to remainder for a fewer days. After that, they caput correct into nan haunted area of nan Barrow Downs and are captured by a barrow-wight (creepy villains who've besides shown up successful "The Rings of Power"), only to flight acknowledgment to immoderate timely heroics by Frodo and Bombadil. From there, Bombadil helps them make their measurement to nan adjacent colony of Bree. Meanwhile, Strider nan ranger (i.e. Aragorn) secretly follows them to nan colony and its inn, nan Prancing Pony. The adjacent segment would past beryllium nan changeable of Frodo arriving astatine nan village's gates successful nan pouring rainfall from Peter Jackson's "Fellowship of nan Ring" movie adaptation.

There's decidedly plentifulness of caller worldly for Stephen Colbert's book to tie from, then. The mobility is, tin he create a compelling communicative from those chapters that fits into a larger narrative? There are plenty of reasons to beryllium worried astir this "Lord of nan Rings" sequel. But, for nan much hopeful, nan truth that superfan Colbert is moving pinch Jackson and his stalwart co-writers Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh is capable to support keep immoderate J.R.R. Tolkien fans cautiously optimistic, this mediocre 1 included.

"The Lord of nan Rings: Shadow of nan Past" has yet to group a patient merchandise date.