A Guide to Stephen Colbert’s Family: All About His Wife & 3 Kids

Stephen Colbert has got a plan after The Late Show ends later this year: He’s headed to Middle Earth. On March 24, Variety reported that the comedian was pivoting from late-night hosting to screenwriting, working on the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of the Past.

Peter Jackson, who directed the original trilogy of films, will work with Colbert, who came up with the idea of the film. It’ll pull from chapters of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring that Jackson’s 2001 movie adaptation left out. The host brought the idea to his son, screenwriter Peter McGee, who helped him outline the new film.