Stephen Colbert sagt, dass Bill Haders Ausstieg aus „SNL“ seinen beruflichen Schwerpunkt auf dem Schreiben des „Herr der Ringe“-Films widerspiegelt: „Tu einfach etwas, das du liebst“
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stephen-colbert-explains-lord-of-the-rings-movie-career-pivot-1236709771/
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> 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.”
> “I said, ‘Man, that’s the perfect thing to do.’ Just go serve something that you love already,” Colbert said. “See, can I be of service to people whose work I really admire? I thought that’s a great thing to do. Don’t even worry about your status of your previous gig. Just go do something you love.”
Personally, having both him and Jon back on Comedy Central would’ve been nice, but I don’t know if Paramount would allow that or if he’d even be interested in doing the Report again.
I’m glad Stephen is finding happiness. I can only imagine how fucking *stoked* he is to do a LotR project considering what a nerd he is.
That said, I hope he eventually finds an outlet for some type of political comedy. I loved the Report so much. It genuinely helped me navigate politics as a teenager when I grew up in an area that was just programmed to be Republican in a funny but enlightening way. He was a good role model, someone that was a good person but made me think and question things, as well as laugh. I enjoyed The Late Show for what it was but never hit hard enough or felt like ‚can’t miss‘ TV quite like the Report.
the SNL environment does not seem healthy for long-term performers or writers.
I wonder if he’s going to move down to New Zealand while they’re working on the movie. I guess he doesn’t have to, it would work long distance, but if I were him I wouldn’t mind getting some distance from the USA for a while.
Whatever they put on after him, I’ll never watch it.
That don’t put gas in my tank
It kind of helps to be a multimillionaire too
Why didn’t I think of that.
I feel like Colbert probably has enough money that he can just chill for a little while and do passion projects. I have doubts if his lord of the rings movie will be any good, or even get made, but I respect him trying at least.