Overview
- The new film, which Jackson announced Wednesday in a Warner Bros. video, uses the working title The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past.
- Stephen Colbert will co-write the script with his son Peter McGee, collaborating with longtime franchise writer Philippa Boyens.
- An official synopsis places the story 14 years after Frodo’s death and follows Sam, Merry, and Pippin as Sam’s daughter Elanor uncovers a long-buried secret.
- Colbert says the screenplay draws on six early chapters of The Fellowship of the Ring that were not in the 2001 movie, and several outlets report Tom Bombadil could appear.
- Warner Bros. says Andy Serkis’s The Hunt for Gollum is planned for 2027, and industry reporting indicates Shadows of the Past will enter production afterward with no release date set.