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MatthewJer18
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Oct 21 2012, 3:25am
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Hollywood Reporter confirms Stephen Colbert filmed a cameo for The Hobbit, but it won't be in the first film
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-colbert-make-hobbit-cameo-381423
Stephen Colbert will make a cameo in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, a knowledgeable source confirms to The Hollywood Reporter.
The host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report is a huge J.R.R. Tolkien and Lord of the Rings fan who reads Elvish. No word on which role he'll play in the franchise or whether it will be a key character or just part of the background.
Colbert's cameo will not come in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, according to the source. The first film in Jackson and Warner Bros.' trilogy hits theaters Dec. 14 with a cast that includes Martin Freeman, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom, Benedict Cumberbatch and Andy Serkis.
Doubt it will be more than a small appearance (maybe non-speaking, maybe a few seconds of screen time with a line or two), but how cool is it to have Colbert in the films?
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Tim
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Oct 21 2012, 3:50am
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Not going to have any sleepless nights over this but my face did squint a little bit in displeasure.
King Arthur: Who are you who can summon fire without flint or tinder?
Tim: There are some who call me... Tim?
King Arthur: You know much that is hidden oh Tim.
Tim: Quite.
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Barrow-Wight
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Oct 21 2012, 3:52am
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Maybe he's the host of Middle Earth Report?
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sorry I couldn't think of anything funnier that's pretty cool though, I'm looking forward to his scene where he talks about the biggest threat to Middle-Earth:Shape shifting bears
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 21 2012, 3:53am
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Undoubtedly one of the funniest men in America
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But to each his own, I suppose! 
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MatthewJer18
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Oct 21 2012, 3:54am
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Colbert's not for everyone (obviously), but I think he's a unique choice for a cameo
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I personally love him, so I'm quite excited to see what his part is (if he's even noticeable on-screen!).
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Maiarmike
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Oct 21 2012, 4:00am
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His work last year on election fundraising and SuperPAC's was profoundly important.
"I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge"
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Aragorn the Elfstone
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Oct 21 2012, 4:23am
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We agree on something! 
Colbert is daily viewing for me, as well as Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show". Love those guys - great comedians. Though I can understand - given the usual targets/victims of their brand of comedy - why certain people might not find them all that humorous. 
But I think anyone should be able to appreciate how much of a huge Tolkien geek he is - so I'm overjoyed that he'll get a moment in the trilogy. Though it's at least more than a year away, I'm already counting down to the episode of his show that has him going on and on about the true "star" of the latest Hobbit film! 
"All men dream; but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; But the dreamers of day are dangerous men. That they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it possible."
- T.E. Lawrence
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Eye's on Guard
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Oct 21 2012, 5:00am
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1. Mirkwood elf (fluent in Elvish)
2. Laketown man (politics)
or my favorite
3. A certain goblin wandering in the woods with a warg
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GoodGuyA
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Oct 21 2012, 5:01am
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He can be made-up well. Man of Lake Town, as all cameos seem to go!
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Put him in a wispy mustache (like when he parodied George Harrison) and most won't recognize him. Not to say I don't love the guy (best satirist on TV) but I certainly don't want any actor to detract my Middle-Earth experience.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 21 2012, 7:07am
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But, without glasses, how can we recognize him?//
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Join us NOW in the Reading Room for detailed discussions of The Hobbit, July 9-Nov. 18!
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dormouse
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Oct 21 2012, 8:11am
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I haven't a clue who he is....
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... so neither cool nor - er - warm as far as I'm concerned. No different from any other cameo or extra.
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totoro
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Oct 21 2012, 11:02am
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I hope he has a speaking role (in elvish). Just chatter in the background or something.
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Carne
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Oct 21 2012, 11:20am
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With heavy prosthetics (wrinkles, bigger nose etc), long wig and a big beard.
That would be a "where's Waldo" cameo
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sherlock
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Oct 21 2012, 11:27am
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Good one!
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painjoiker
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Oct 21 2012, 11:38am
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He's probably one of the elves in Mirkwood.
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I could easily see him as an elf, but he could also be one of the men in either Laketown and (flashback)-Dale
He will not be in Rivendell because he's not in the first film 
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BlackCountry
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Oct 21 2012, 1:00pm
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....as I think it would be hysterical if he was the Elf to sing the "Tra la lally" song lol! Or be the voice of the Talking Purse lol!! ;)
I do not want what it is not mine.... I only want what comes from within....
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sherlock
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Oct 21 2012, 7:06pm
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I think he'd be best as an elf. He's kind of small boned & without his glasses & a blond wig he'd almost be unrecognizable as himself which I'd prefer. I think cameos are fun when the person doesn't look like themselves-kind of hard to do with PJ, though.
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shadow0421
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Oct 21 2012, 10:52pm
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I'm fine with it as long as he doesn't open his mouth and I can't recognize him.
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Tweezers of Thu
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Oct 21 2012, 11:21pm
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His acrobatic eyebrows will give him away!//
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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Oct 21 2012, 11:30pm
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Will there be a Colbert vs. Figwit "Friday" sing-off on the DVD? =)
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There&ThereAgain
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Oct 22 2012, 1:56am
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comedians from all over the world
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I know this is a small role, but overall there are a bunch of comedians filling roles in this story, so I feel correct in thinking that The Hobbit will be a very funny film, much funnier overall than LOTR.
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