Peter Jackson Officially Confirms the Status of Stephen Colbert’s Lord of the Rings Sequel
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CaptainRogersJul1918
MyNipplesNooo
Lots of MAGAs in here it seems. “Daddy hates Colbert so I should too!”
thevokplusminus
You need to spend less time online.
euler88
Just give me Matt Berry as Tom Bombadil and send me home.
Normeaga81
Jackie Daytona!
Sweet_Fish4622
Seeks to dispel fears that Colbert movie has been put on hold. Says:
"We have ‘The Shadow of the Past,’ which is in the scriptwriting stage..."
Which says nothing about it either having been put on hold or not.
If it was in the scriptwriting stage & Warner Bros put it on hold then guess what? It's still in the scriptwriting stage.
PointOfFingers
I think they will keep Shadow in pre-production and see how Gollum goes. The new mega film company needs franchise movies.
I just want to see more LOTR movies made in NZ. This fills out the story nicely.
DocDraculaThe2nd
I like Colbert so this is not a knock on him. These rumors always start with “this is still being developed etc.” but the reality is, they are waiting to see how this Gollum movie does. If it shits the bed, you don’t hear shit abut this movie.
TokiStark
Of course it's gonna shit the bed. What were you expecting from the game?
FazedEclipse2
Its not the movie of the game. It's the hunt for Gollum set between the Hobbit and Frodo leaving for Mordor...
TokiStark
I didn't say it was. It's still a shitty premise for a movie. Don't get me wrong, I love Andy Serkis as much as everyone else. Particularly his role in Andor... But it's not exactly the basis for an interesting story.
lIlIIlIIllIllIlIIIll
I’m sure you were the same guy saying, “why do we need a whole series about Andor”?
TokiStark
No. What makes you think that? I'm still going to give the Gollum movie a chance. Going into it with low expectations is a good thing. If it's crap, I'm not disappointed. If it's brilliant, I'm thrilled. Cynicism isn't an inherently negative trait, just because some people use it that way
TokiStark
The final movie has like 10 ending scenes. Why does it need a sequel?
I know there's so many ending scenes because I reeeeally had to pee by the end of it (Yeah, I got an extra large coke for the 3 hour film) and the screen kept fading to black and I was about to leg it to the bathroom and then another final scene kept popping up. Over and over.
CommercialFloor2033
Because they don't have the rights to adapt the more interesting prequel stories most likely.
FrinkleFanken
SnooDucks5098
Material-Setting7982
Colbert knows the lore perhaps better than anyone. Im here for it.
SalletFriend
Noooo they need to respect DA LORE
Hire tolkiens most autistic nerdlinger to write a film
Nooooo this is bad for reasons!!!!
The_Mighty_Rex
Colbert is a bigger fake nerd than Kevin Smith or Patton Oswald. I have yet to see a single instance of him "flexing" his Tolkien knowledge that is actually impressive. He always just makes references to slightly deeper than surface level lore that anyone who has read the books would know. He's not some uber nerd or Tolkien purist. The fact that he wants to make whole ass movie about what is essentially 2 pages of general exposition by Gandalf proves he's not some bastion of the lore and nerd-dome and is purely in this to try and stay relevant after his shirty tv show is gone.
Procyon-Sceletus
Um, kevin smith has wrote multiple comic book runs and owns a comic book store and has a whole podcast talking about nerdy shit. How nerdy do you have to be to be called a real nerd?
Mr_Bo_Jandals
The fact that you think this is “2 pages of exposition by Gandalf” shows you don’t know what you are talking about.
Because a) it’s six chapters of Fellowship and b) Gandalf is not present in those chapters or narrating them.
MattTreck
I don’t know much about Patton but that’s an insane thing to say about Kevin lol.
Theesm
I mean it's also the whole Barrow Wights stuff, Tom Bombadil and even the whole Witch King of Angmar/ Fall of Arnor stuff would fit right in there.
Plenty of stuff to put in these 2 hours
WistfulWannabe
Shirty? I mean, he certainly did wear shirts most of the time, but why be unfair to the pants and jackets, man? They mattered too.
ForThose8675309
🤷♀️ Worst thing that happens is this causes people watch/read the original
greennurse61
Like the horror of an Amazon show has been. The terrible casting in the show makes the books harder to read.
RoseyOneOne
Wait, a sequel? What’s the story?
ToadilyRosily
Return of the King has a pretty prolonged section that basically says "more stories will continue here or further away, evil never goes away forever, please go write them". Obviously lots of people have written there own Tolkein inspired fantasy but I don't get the hate for just making a sequel? If it's bad it doesn't matter. It'll probably have some good ideas. And I like the story so seeing that would be enough to be interesting.
DartVader6
Stephen Colbert is incredibly passionate about Tolkien and I would completely trust his vision for a sequel would honor the original work and not exploit it as others might (cough cough a hobbit trilogy?!)
Usual-Language-745
And he is fully self funding, distributing, and producing it right so a studio can’t change the vision?
DartVader6
I hadn't taken into account that I can't predict the future when I formed my opinion. I guess I'll stop having them.
Usual-Language-745
Do you not know that movies are massively expensive and the people who pay, make the decisions?
DartVader6
Do you not know that we're talking about the writing? He is writing this out of passion, compared with someone trying to cash in on an established IP. It's as good a starting off point as you're going to get.
apollo7157
Clickbait trash
ShiningGort
Imagine wanting this fan fiction to get made lol
fungilingus
“Well I already fucked it up with The Hobbit so whatever”
rosebudthesled8
Aww he thinks Ellison is a normal person who makes normal decisions. Jackson should know better. It's dead if Colbert is connected to it because Trump hates Colbert and Ellison is a MAGA goon.
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muchlesscalvin
Hey man, if that’s where your mind went first, then I hope it pans out for you. I don’t care much about who fictional characters love personally. Just not as invested, idk. I gotta go to work man. Hope you get your gay Legolas bro!
MyNipplesNooo
Elves have always been pretty gay.
Pallandolegolas
Gay as in happy. Of course.
Detachabl_e
Source: Them Keebler Elves packing all that fudge in them cookies.
MotorPace2637
That a hope or...?
atreidestrek
This is a very bad idea and should be canceled.
RedWizard78
Comfortable_Put_4139
Hopefully this never gets made.
DrD000MM
Not saying Colbert isn’t a superfan or isnt familiar with the Hollywood machine and movies being made in general. But to say he’s a screenwriter who could tackle this type of thing is pushing it.
sooley6
They’re trying to bleed every penny from this. I hope it bombs
Mindless_Truth_2436
You hope people lose their jobs?
DrD000MM
Why do you guys always do this?? I hope they catch murderers. “What about hitmen? You want them out of work!?” It’s always some xtreme bs like this. As if there’s no work for people in the film industry outside of this film. Get a grip.
adavidmiller
As opposed to what? You just hope that every stupid project ever succeeds so people stay employed?
lol, be serious.
Also, it's a movie. The jobs are done. Success is good for their resumes, but the market as a whole is what will keep them employed on new projects. So yeah, I'd rather success be elsewhere.
Ok_Falcon275
Why wouldn’t you want the movie to be good, lol?
adavidmiller
jl_theprofessor
We don’t know if it’s stupid as we have not seen the product.
adavidmiller
I agree, which is why I replied to the person saying something nonsensical about losing jobs rather than the person complaining about the movie.
Mindless_Truth_2436
Stephen loves LOTR. What’s the problem?
D3athCom3sEasy
Colbert is trying to make a new LotR??? No please God no.
Xyldarrand
Dude literally beat Jackson's lore master in a Tolkien-off. He's worth trusting
SnooWalruses3948
I don't have any doubts about Colbert's knowledge, my doubts are with the premise of the film.
I don't think there's enough meat there to sustain a good film. Hopefully I'm wrong!
Ganjalfthegreen1
If Colberts Tolkien knowledge isn’t in doubt then his love for the lore shouldnt be either. Im sure he will write something that doesn’t shit all over tolkein (like rop)
Thick_Broccoli_3932
Say whatever you want about the man, he knows his LotRs lore. I was iffy at first, seeing how enthusiastic he is talking about LotRs it makes me feel more confident he can do a good job with the IP.
D3athCom3sEasy
I have seen though with other projects of this scale for a franchise being lead by people who knew the lore of the product and still produced middling products themselves. I also feel a bit down on LotR in general being made today because of the disaster RoP has been.
Thick_Broccoli_3932
Yes it can turn out bad but I’m saying his love for the books can also make it turn out good, time will tell.
Rings of power is also not canon in the main film universe and it goes against a lot of tolkiens writings, these new film projects are however in the Peter Jackson universe, so that gives me more hope.
D3athCom3sEasy
I'll be honest i think my hopium tank has run out but hey I mean you never know. There have been a few gems lately in movies. If anything its good to know people still care about making more faithful LotR stuff.
i_am_carver
Why? I bet you have no actual reason and need to Google some shit before you reply to this, if at all, which would be a complete grasp at straws.
D3athCom3sEasy
No my reason is that I dont believe Colbert has proven himself enough of a writer to win the faith of confidence in a project as respect as Tolkien. While I dont doubt his knowledge I dont think its unreasonable to say we have not been treated with much to be happy about with LotR. This feels unwarranted and uninspired. Its not a political difference or anything about his show.
TrickyChildhood2917
Right
departedhunter
The Tolkien universe deserves better than Amazon and Colbert.
Main-Cheesecake3287
Colbert loves lotr, Amazon crushed fallout as best as they could.
GeneralZex
Ironically the showrunners Amazon hired for RoP never ran a show before, but were huge Tolkien nerds…
It’s in limbo