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Stephen Colbert and son to write Lord of the Rings movie

Rob Beschizza
Mar 25, 2026
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You can finally put to bed those rumors that Stephen Colbert’s taking his current affairs show to Netflix for a zillion bucks—he’s actually going to Warner Bros. to write a new Lord of the Rings movie with his son. Peter Jackson, director of the movie trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic novels, announced the news on social media.

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