We’ve got to give it to George Clooney and co.
Thus far, from the teaser and this trailer, the adaptation of Joseph Heller’s legendary novel Catch-22 seems to be nailing the look, tone, feel, dark, dark, dry humor, and absurdity of the book (as well as featuring a perfectly cast Jon Rudnitsky).
See for yourself here, then look for the premiere of Catch-22 on Hulu on May 17th.
If this limited, hour interview series goes well, maybe David Letterman will fill in where Charlie Rose was booted off?
Watch the trailer for My Next Guest Needs No Introduction here.
There’s only a few more weeks left before the release of The Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! Specifically, the release is set for theaters on Feb. 5th.
The Coens return to comedy looks more and more enticing as evidenced by this brand new TV spot.
Classy decor, formal attire, flowing libations, musical numbers, and Sofia Coppola are things that we’d guess would figure into a Christmas party that Bill Murray would throw.
Also, George Clooney, Jason Schwartzman, Chris Rock, Amy Poehler, Miley Cyrus, Michael Cera, Maya Rudolph, Paul Shaffer, and Rashida Jones might be in attendance.
So, why should the Christmas special A Very Murray Christmas be any different than that? Answer: It shouldn’t.
Watch this latest teaser to see what we mean, then look for the special on Netflix come Dec. 4th.
Have you been missing The Coen Brothers’ more humorous side as of late?
If so, you’ll been happy to know that their wonderfully dry comedy streak seems to run all through the trailer of their latest offering, “Hail, Caesar!”.
Boasting a stellar cast of Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum, and Jonah Hill as well as lavishly done up set pieces of Hollywood’s classic Golden Age, Hail, Caesar! looks to be everything we were hoping it would be.
Watch the trailer here.
Last night, Stephen Colbert proved that he is a more than worthy successor to David Letterman’s desk at The Late Show.
Throughout the history of late night talk shows, the first episode is often characterized by awkwardness, confusion, and a sort of frantic energy that aims to just keep the ship together as it barely has embarked on what’s supposed to be a long, long voyage.
However, Stephen Colbert was not only groomed to be a late night talk show host, but with his time at The Colbert Report, had built all the muscles necessary to be a late night talk show host, in character or not.
It should come as no surprise that, Colbert had no stilted moments in his monologue and ran a tight ship right from the opening sequence to paying tribute to Letterman to touring the new and improved Ed Sullivan Theater to the closing credits of his debut night on The Late Show. It might sound obvious to say, but one definitely got the sense after watching the inaugural episode that Stephen has been doing this late night thing for awhile.
You can see that Colbert, even sans character, can still properly stick it to Trump.
While some might clamor for the more rambunctious, satirical Colbert of The Colbert Report to do the interviews of the likes of George Clooney and especially Jeb Bush, Stephen manages inject some trademark cleverness in conversation. Hopefully, he’ll play that up more down the line.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is still very much a very traditional late night talk show with a monologue, suit, band, desk pieces, guests, etc., but Colbert showed on his very first night, how this old format can still be done well in 2015. For that, Stephen should be marked down for one of the best late night debuts of all time.
On top of that, Colbert had a thoroughly interesting inclusion of Jimmy Fallon throughout the show that almost seemed like an olive branch between the two late night hosts on different networks. We’ll be curious to see if that makes a decidedly different route for this era of late night as compared to the debacles of the last one.
Whether you watched the premiere or not (odds are that you were on of the 6.5 million that did), we urge you to watch the entire premiere episode when you make a spare hour for yourself.
George Clooney will be my first-ever #LSSC guest on September 8th! Could one of you let him know?
The selection of a first guest, as many of you know, aids in setting the tone for your run on a late night talk show. The selection of George Clooney in the first episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert might be surprising, but we’re sure that Clooney will probably be game for whatever Colbert has cooked up come the date of the premiere on Sept. 8th.
Certainly, he’ll fare better than Eminem did on the public access show Colbert guest hosted.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
So, that Christmas special that will star Bill Murray and be directed by Sofia Coppola is coming together.
First off, Murray will play himself as will George Clooney, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, and more. Then, eschewing more traditional holiday tropes in the majority of Christmas specials, the story will center on Bill avoiding by someone signing him as his representation in what we can only assume to be a Lost In Translation-esque romp through LA.
So, we were already on board for this and now, we’re even more on board if that’s possible.
No word on where this will end up, but we’re thinking HBO, AMC, IFC, FX, Netflix, Amazon, etc.
Every time Bill Murray comes on to The Late Show with David Letterman, it’s a pretty magical time.
Whether he’s merely telling true stories or thinking up of who should be in the female reboot of The Ghostbusters or “training for a marathon” or getting back from George Clooney’s wedding, Bill and Dave have some damn good fun.
Hopefully, Bill’s on a few more times before Dave leaves The Late Show.
Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes Joining Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”
The Coen Brothers’ latest comedy, Hail, Caesar!, is rounding out its cast quite nicely with Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, and Ralph Fiennes joining Josh Brolin and George Clooney in this 1950s Hollywood period piece.
Already, we can imagine the trailer with this cast being pretty spectacular.
Josh Brolin and George Clooney Set to Co-Star in The Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar!
The Coen Brothers latest comedy Hail Caesar! is enlisting one of their favorites, especially when it comes to comedy, in George Clooney who was in Intolerable Cruelty and Burn After Reading. Josh Brolin will also be joining in for this 1950s Hollywood period piece focused on the fixers that protect celebrities.
Not that it would be otherwise, but we have a good feeling about this.