Trailer For Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson's Talk Show Comedy LATE NIGHT

Amazon Studios has released the first trailer for their upcoming new talk show comedy, Late Night. The movie stars Emma Thompson as a veteran talk show host who’s desperate for relevance. To try and shake things up, she hired an inexperienced writer played by Mindy Kaling to fill a diversity slot in the show’s writers room.

Here’s the synopsis that was released:

Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. When she’s accused of being a “woman who hates women,” she puts affirmative action on the to-do list, and—presto!—Molly (Mindy Kaling) is hired as the one woman in Katherine’s all-male writers’ room. But Molly might be too little too late, as the formidable Katherine also faces the reality of low ratings and a network that wants to replace her. Molly, wanting to prove she’s not simply a diversity hire who’s disrupting the comfort of the brotherhood, is determined to help Katherine by revitalizing her show and career—and possibly effect even bigger change at the same time.

I had a chance to see the film at Sundance and while there were some comedic aspects that I liked and Emma Thompson gave an incredible performance, the movie isn’t going to be for everyone. Corrin wrote a review of the film and here’s what she had to say:

The jokes are spot on, even when the plot falters here and there a little. There are quite a few tone shifts throughout the story, almost as if they were trying to pack in too many meaningful messages into one film. That said, I did quite enjoy this film and how it very well could have become the feel-good, eyeroll-inducing romantic comedy, but narrowly avoided that cliche.

Late Night hits theaters on June 7th.

Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. When she's accused of being a "woman who hates women," she puts affirmative action on the to-do list, and-presto!-Molly (Mindy Kaling) is hired as the one woman in Katherine's all-male writers' room.