Mindy Kaling plays a young writer tasked with resuscitating the career of a floundering TV host, played by Emma Thompson, in the new trailer for Late Night, out June 7th via Amazon.
Late Night is centered around Thompsons character, Katherine Newbury, a late-night talk show pioneer whos nevertheless battling both bad ratings and accusations that shes a woman who hates women. In an effort turn her fortunes around and save her show, Katherine taps Kalings character Molly as a diversity hire to break up the monotony of her otherwise all-male writing staff.
The new trailer teases Mollys journey from a naive newcomer, delivering inspirational quotes to herself before getting smacked by a garbage bag, to a key part of Katherines writing team and ultimately the hosts necessary foil. I need you, Molly, I need your pushiness and lack of boundaries, Katherine says at the end of the trailer. You love me, Molly earnestly replies, prompting Katherine to awkwardly try to cover her tracks.
Kaling wrote Late Night, while Nisha Ganatra directed it. The film also stars John Lithgow, Max Casella, Hugh Dancy, Denis OHare, Reid Scott and Amy Ryan.
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