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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Stephen Colbert Defends His Lord of the Rings Writing Gig · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: On the twenty first seven, Colbert will sign off ending
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  Speaker 2: his eleven year run as host of The Late Show,
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  Speaker 2: and after a brief break to celebrate his brother's wedding
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  Speaker 2: and son's college graduation, he'll dive right into his next gig,
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  Speaker 2: writing a new Lord of the Rings movie, one that
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  Speaker 2: isn't without controversy.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, even though Stephen is very overqualified for the gig,
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  Speaker 3: Rings fans are pretty serious as we know, and there's
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  Speaker 3: been a lot of angry online chatter over Stephen getting higher.
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  Speaker 4: They're pretty much saying that the only reason he's been
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  Speaker 4: given the chance to do it is because he's famous
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  Speaker 4: and a super fan.
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  Speaker 2: When the Hollywood Reporter asked, why should these fans trust you,
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  Speaker 2: he was honest. He understands that there's no reason to
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  Speaker 2: and there's no value in him even addressing those concerns.
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  Speaker 2: All you can do as a creative is follow your heart.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and he says that he's just going to respect
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  Speaker 4: the craft of screenwriting by turning in a quality, dramatic script,
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  Speaker 4: not something that's just overly fanboy.
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  Speaker 2: He's also working with a screenwriter with experience writing Lord
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  Speaker 2: of the Rings. Movies who he calls his shirt pop,
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  Speaker 2: and he's been loving every minute so far. The franchise
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  Speaker 2: is to Hunt for galam not written by Steven, which
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  Speaker 2: arrives for the holiday season of twenty twenty seven.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.