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Getty Images Stephen Colbert recently revealed his unexpected next career move after “The Late Show” will come to an end on CBS in May: He will be co-writing a new “Lord of the Rings” movie titled “Shadow of the Past.”
He may have hinted at the announcement on Monday’s episode of the “Smartless” podcast (which was taped on March 18, a week before the “LOTR” project was unveiled on March 24).
Asked by co-hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes about what he will do when he leaves the desk at the Ed Sullivan Theater, Colbert kept mum on the specifics, but said, “I’ll tell you, the person who did the thing I most admire — I mean, not most admire, but the thing that really struck me is, you know what [Bill] Hader did when he left ‘SNL’? He went and wrote for ‘South Park’ for a season.”
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