We might still be in the very early stages of The Hunt for Gollum being an actual movie, but time waits for no man—or in this case, no Hobbit. To mark Tolkien Reading Day—a celebration of the esteemed Lord of the Rings scribe’s work, on the day in the Middle-earth calendar when Sauron is defeated with the destruction of the One Ring—Warner Bros. has announced another new movie in the series is in development: 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 Return of the King and Frodo’s passage into the West for his role in bearing the One Ring to Mordor. Shadow of the Past 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, goes on an unlikely quest of her own—uncovering a long-lost secret about the early days of the War of the Ring that almost saw the mission to destroy the One Ring doomed before it even really began. According to Colbert in a new interview shared
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We might still be in the very early stages of The Hunt for Gollum being an actual movie, but time waits for no man—or in this case, no Hobbit. To mark Tolkien Reading Day—a celebration of the esteemed Lord of the Rings scribe’s work, on…
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We might still be in the very early stages of The Hunt for Gollum being an actual movie, but time waits for no man—or in this case, no Hobbit. To mark Tolkien Reading Day—a celebration of the esteemed Lord of the Rings…
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We might still be in the very early stages of The Hunt for Gollum being an actual movie, but time waits for no man—or in this case, no Hobbit. To mark Tolkien Reading Day—a celebration of the esteemed Lord of the Rings scribe’s work, on…
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