We may still be in the early stages of The Hunt for Gollum be a real moviebut time waits for no one, or in this case, no hobbit.
To mark Tolkien Reading Day, a celebration of the esteemed the lord of the rings scribal work, on the day of the Middle-earth calendar in which Sauron is defeated With the destruction of the One Ring, Warner Bros. has announced that another new film in the series is in development: The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past.
The new film will be produced by WingNut Films in association with Spartina Industries and written by Phillipa Boyens, Peter McGee and Tolkien superfan Stephen Colbert.. It is set 14 years after the climax of The return of the king and Frodo’s passage to the West for his role in bringing the One Ring to Mordor.
shadow of the past It will see Sam, Merry and Pippin reunite to “retrace the first steps of their adventure,” according to a press release provided by Warner Bros., while Sam’s daughter Elanor embarks on her own unlikely quest: uncovering a long-lost secret about the early days of the War of the Ring that nearly saw the mission to destroy the One Ring doomed before it even truly began.
According to Colbert in a new interview shared by Warner Bros., he developed the idea, inspired by five chapters of Fellowship of the Ring is not addressed in Jackson’s film, where the Hobbits encounter the mysterious Tom Bombadil while fleeing the Black Riders, two years ago with his son, adding to Jackson that “it took me a few years to work up the courage to call you… you liked me enough to talk to me about it.” Colbert was not initially planning to help write the script until end of your time in The last show with Stephen Colbert was announced last year, paving the way for me to begin working on the project in earnest this summer.
There are no details about the casting for shadow of the past were confirmed, but given the framing device, it would not be also It’s surprising to see Warner Bros. attempt to bring back Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, and Billy Boyd to reprise their roles as Sam, Merry, and Pippin, respectively.
We’ll bring you more about Warner Bros.’ plans for the lord of the rings as we learn them.
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