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Stephen Colbert’s surprising next act after ‘The Late Show’ ends: Co-writing a ‘Lord of the Rings’ film
Late-night host Stephen Colbert revealed in a video announcement Tuesday that he will co-write the next “Lord of the Rings” movie after his program ends in May.
“You know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me, but the thing I found myself reading over and over again were the six chapters early on in the ‘Fellowship’ that y’all never developed into the first movie back in the day,” Colbert said in a video with Peter Jackson, the director of the hit “Lord of the Rings” movies.
Colbert said the next film would be based on “Fog on the Barrow-downs,” chapter eight of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first installment in the fantasy trilogy from J.R.R. Tolkien.
Colbert, Philippa Boyens and Peter McGee will write the script for the film, which is titled “The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past,” according to Deadline.
Colbert’s “The Late Show” is set to end on May 21.
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CBS announced in 2025 that Colbert’s program would be canceled this spring. The network said at the time it was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.”
The liberal late-night host addressed rumors about his next move during an appearance on fellow late-night host Seth Meyers’ show in January.
Meyers brought up the rumor about Colbert running for office after noting the others, which included a $13.5 million deal with Netflix, which Colbert quipped was “not enough money.”
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“Obviously, I mean, that’s something I have to discuss with my faith leader and my family,” Colbert said. “And if there is some way for me to serve the American people in some way that could possibly be greater than a late-night television show, I would consider that.”
Colbert is a longtime fan of “The Lord of the Rings” series. He hosted panels at the 2014 Comic-Con for “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies,” according to Deadline.
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In the video alongside Jackson, Colbert quipped, “It turns out I’m going to be free starting this summer.”
The late-night host said he wouldn’t have been able to do the show and work on the new movie at the same time.
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Trump shows up at LIV Golf event at his Virginia course after calling for players to rejoin PGA Tour
President Donald Trump is at his second golf tournament in as many weeks, both of which were at courses he owns.
A week after catching PGA Tour action at his Doral course in South Florida, Trump motorcaded to Trump National Golf Course Washington D.C. in Sterling, Virginia, to watch LIV golfers.
Trump arrived at a presidential suite via golf cart where his son, Eric, was seated with someone from the Public Investment Fund, whom the president shook hands with.
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Amid the uncertainty of LIV Golf after the league announced the Saudis would no longer fund it after this season, Trump said last week that LIV golfers returning to the PGA Tour would be beneficial to the sport.
“I do believe that all of the golfers should be playing against each other. They were viewing something as a monopoly, but it’s swaying away. It should be the opposite of a monopoly,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last Thursday.
“I want to see Rory [McIlroy] playing Bryson DeChambeau. I want to see big Jon Rahm playing Scottie, who is so great. Scottie Scheffler is great. They have great players on LIV, but it’s almost like people want to see that. That’s why the Masters was so good, because you saw everybody together.
“The tour wants to have the best players. You can’t have the best player that they’re boycotting now. They may do something, you know, a little bit, but they’ll all be back on tour, and it’ll be great. I don’t know what’s happening with LIV.”
Trump has attended LIV events at his courses in the past. This is one of two LIV events at a Trump course this year, as they’ll head to Bedminster, New Jersey in August.
The Cadillac Championship last week, won by Cameron Young, was the first time in a decade that the PGA Tour was at one of Trump’s courses.
Trump was also in attendance for the first day of the Ryder Cup last year at Bethpage Black in New York.
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Two police officers shot, suspect ‘actively firing at police’ in Syracuse standoff lasting hours: report
Two police officers were shot, and a third was injured Saturday in Syracuse, New York, as authorities faced off with a gunman who has been “actively firing at police” for more than four hours, forcing residents to evacuate.
The two police officers who were shot, along with the third who was injured, remain in stable condition, according to a report from local outlet Syracuse.com.
The Syracuse Police Department wrote in a statement on X that the incident is “still very active,” as of 2:40 p.m. local time.
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“The suspect is actively firing at police,” officials said. “Residents are urged to SHELTER IN PLACE and avoid the area immediately. Please stay indoors, stay away from windows, and avoid the area entirely. Do not respond to the scene.”
Authorities said the incident started at about 6 a.m., when police were called to investigate a person injuring a dog with a machete in a residential area a few minutes south of downtown Syracuse, Syracuse.com reported.
The neighborhood is mostly made up of public housing complexes and low-income apartment buildings.
While executing a search warrant, two officers were shot and another was injured.
Nearby residents are being evacuated by bus, according to the outlet.
New York State Police, Syracuse SWAT, Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office, Syracuse Fire Department and Syracuse University campus police are responding, according to Syracuse.com.
The Syracuse Police Department and New York State Police did not immediately respond to additional inquiries from Fox News Digital.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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