What Is Stephen Colbert Doing After ‘The Late Show’ Ends?
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Stephen Colbert‘s time on late night television is coming to an end. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is officially […]
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Por Just Jared | 18/05/2026
Getty Stephen Colbert ‘s time on late night television is coming to an end. The Late Show With Stephen Colbert is officially ending after 11 years on Thursday (May 21), with guests like Jon Stewart and Bruce Springsteen set to appear in the grand finale run. “I’ve heard a lot of theories—everything from I’m moving to CNN to I’m announcing a massive wildlife rescue program to I’m running for president of the United States,” he recently joked on the show about what the future holds. “Now, here’s the thing. I can reveal right now that all of those are partially true. “Next year, I will be president of an animal sanctuary dedicated to caring for the rare Blitzer Wolf.” Stephen Colbert Already Has a Major Movie Project Lined Up He does (seriously) have one major project lined up already, confirmed back in March. Stephen will be co-writing the next Lord of the Rings movie, according to director Peter Jackson , called The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past . The big news was announced through a video in honor of Tolkien Reading Day and the destruction of the One Ring. “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 [of the Ring]’ that y’all never developed into the first movie back in the day,” Stephen shared. “It’s basically the chapter is ‘Three Is Company’ through ‘Fog on the Barrow-Downs,’ and I thought, ‘Oh wait, maybe that could be its own story that could fit into the larger story.’ Could we make something that was completely faithful to the books while also being completely faithful to the movies that you guys had already made.” In honor of Tolkien Reading Day and the destruction of the One Ring, we bring you a special announcement. pic.twitter.com/ufh9RLBIxO — Warner Bros. (@warnerbros) March 25, 2026 “I started talking it over with my son Peter , who’s also a screenwriter, and we worked out what we thought would work, especially as a framing device for that story. It took me a few years to scrape my courage into a pile to give you a call, but about two years ago I did. You liked it enough to talk to me about it and ever since then the two of us have been working with the brilliant Philippa Boyens on how to develop the story,” he continued. “And we recently took it to Richard Brener at New Line, and Pam Abdi and Mike De Luca at Warner Bros, and I could not be happier to say that they loved it and so that’s what we’re gonna be working on.” Peter then asked, “Now, are you sure you got the time though, because you know…,” before Stephen joked about The Late Show coming to an end. “That, I did not think I would have the time, as much as I love it, I knew I couldn’t do that and do the show at the same time, but it turns out I’m gonna be free starting this summer. So, if you’ll ex