American comedian Stephen Colbert is well known for being a LOTR fanatic. It is just been
announced that in collaboration with Peter Jackson, Colbert and his son will help script a new film to
be produced called The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past. Few details are yet available about
the film but it seems that it might involve a new adventure of Sam, Merry and Pippin set fourteen
years having the passing of Frodo into the West. In conjunction with the great anticipation for The
Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum to be released in theatres next year, it seems we are at the
threshold of another great era in Tolkien and fantasy films!