Tag: Late Night
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Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra Teaming on Wedding Comedy for Universal
Universal Pictures is developing a wedding comedy after winning an auction for a pitch by Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra and Dan Goor.Kaling, who will write the screenplay with Goor, is attached to star alongside Chopra and will potentially direct. Kaling will produce for her Kaling International, Chopra for Purple Pebble Pictures, Howard Klein for 3…
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Emma Thompson Shines In Commercially Friendly ‘Late Night’ [Sundance Review]
Park City – The biggest joy from Nisha Ganatra’s “Late Night” is that it will remind the global moviegoing community we need more Emma Thompson in our lives. The 58-year-old actress hasn’t had a leading role like this since 2013’s “Saving Mr. Banks” and screenwriter and producer Mindy Kaling gives her an enormous gift with…
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Universal Unwraps ‘Last Christmas,’ Paul Feig To Direct Script Written By Emma Thompson & Bryony Kimmings
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired Last Christmas, a script by Emma Thompson and Bryony Kimmings. Paul Feig is attached to direct. The details are being kept under wraps, but I’m told Last Christmas is a holiday romance set in London.Thompson, the two-time Oscar winner including one for scripting Sense and Sensibility, next stars in A24’s…
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Tina Fey Calls Out David Letterman on Lack of Women Writers: ‘We Did Want to Write’
David Letterman’s new Netflix series, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” has proven to be a format well-suited to bringing out candid self-reflection in his long-form interview subjects — which came to the forefront in his latest sit-down with Tina Fey.In between a trip to Chicago for music and local cuisine, Fey and Letterman had…
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‘Conan’ Shifting to Half-Hour Format in 2019
As the late night landscape continues to evolve, Conan O’Brien is making some significant changes to his Conan series on TBS. Rumors swirled last year that Conan was considering shifting to a weekly format, more in the vein of Last Week Tonight or Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. That’s apparently not happening anymore, but starting…
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Conan O’Brien Will Shift to 30-Minute Shows in 2019, As Part of New Venture With TBS
As long expected, Conan O’Brien is changing things up at Turner. The talk show host’s “Conan” will move to a new nightly 30-minute format in 2019, which TBS said would be a “less structured” format that will have guests and a variety of segments drawn from the Team Coco portfolio.Turner and O’Brien on Thursday morning…
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Amy Ryan Joins Mindy Kaling And Emma Thompson In FilmNation-30West Talk Show Comedy ‘Late Night’
Exclusive: Gone Baby Gone and Birdman actress Amy Ryan has joined the cast of Mindy Kaling’s comedy Late Night, I can reveal. Kaling, Emma Thompson, John Lithgow and Hugh Dancy star in the feature from director Nisha Ganatra (Cake), which is shooting now in New York. Kaling, star of The Mindy Project who appears in…
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Denis O’Hare, John Early Join Mindy Kaling’s Comedy ‘Late Night’
In today’s film news roundup, Denis O’Hare joins the cast of Mindy Kaling’s “Late Night,” Global Road and Participant make executive hires and the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival unveils its lineup.Castings30West and FilmNation Entertainment have cast Denis O’Hare, John Early, Max Casella and Megalyn Echikunwoke for Mindy Kaling’s comedy “Late Night,” directed by Nisha Ganatra.The…
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John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy Join Mindy Kaling’s ‘Late Night’
Hugh Dancy and John Lithgow are joining Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling in Late Night. Also joining the comedy is Veep star Reid Scott and I, Tonya actor Paul Walter Hauser.Late Night centers on a late-night talk show host (Thompson) who is at risk of losing her long-running program right when she hires her first…