Philippa Boyens

Incredible stuff.

So he and his son or his son-in-law are writing this movie, also with Philippa Boyens, who was part of writing the original franchise.

Yes.

So she's the common thread.

He didn't just bow down his head and let Tolkien sort of puppeteer him.

But he brought, as well as Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, his co-writers, brought a strange concoction of the new to the old.

And this is why when we read something like the Aeneid, It's great, not just because Homer has been kind of resourced a bit by Virgil, but because Homer has been infected with Virgil.

We've got Virgil all over my Homer.

Directed by Gollum himself, aka Andy Serkis, who returns as Gollum, The Hunt for Gollum, out December 17, 2027, also stars returns of Elijah Wood as Frodo of Bacchus, Lee Pace as King Thranduil, and Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf.

New faces in the film include Kate Winslet, Anna Taylor-Joy, Jamie Dorman, and Leo Woodall, written by Stephen Colbert and Philippa Boyens.

The Lord of the Rings The Shadow of the Past takes place 14 years after Frodo's death, with Pip and Merry and Sam retracing the path of their first quest.

Nothing is known about its release, or who will return for the new adventures.

His comments state that the movie is still moving forward and is currently in the screenwriting processes.

Stephen Colbert and Philippa Boyens are still developing the scripts.

However, it's unclear when the movie will be released or who will return for the all-important new adventures.

The Lord of the Rings The Hunt for Gollum comes to theaters on December 17, 2027.

Stephen Colbert is co-writing the movie.

He's developing the screenplay alongside his son, Peter McGee, and Academy Award winning Lord of the Rings writer, Philippa Boyens, who of course won an Academy Award for Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King.

And the story revisits Tolkien's original novel.

The movie incorporates material from six earlier chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring that were left out of Peter Jackson's original trilogy, including The Old Forest, Tom...

And the crucial distinction MC makes is about the specific architecture of the adaptation.

The text heaps praise not just on Peter Jackson, the visionary director, but heavily praises Jackson, Philippa Boyens, and Fran Walsh as talented editors.

That word, editors, is the key to unlocking the success of translating sprawling fantasy.

When a director approaches a dense, encyclopedic epic like Tolkien's work, the art of adaptation is largely the art of ruthless omission.

You have to carefully, painstakingly select only the specific heirlooms and photographs that make the house feel like a home.

You are packing the essence of the mansion, not the square footage.

And Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens were master packers.

They knew exactly which thematic heirlooms to put in the suitcase to preserve the soul of the story and which massive encyclopedic lore dumps to leave behind for the sake of cinematic pacing.

[gasps]

Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Peter Jackson.

Ooh.

Based on the novel The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien.

And we are back with our segment [upbeat music] News From Arda.

In news concerning the announced The Shadows of the Past film being co-written by Stephen Colbert, Colbert's son Peter Magee, and Philippa Boyens, it was rumored earlier this week that with the merger between Warner Brothers and Paramount Universal, the Colbert project was being put on hold.

After a day of hot takes and countless internet articles, it was revealed that this was not, in fact, true, with Screen Rant tweeting, "Status is exactly as it was weeks ago.

They're still writing.