Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for its upcoming comedy Late Night. Directed by Nisha Ganatra, the film stars Emma Thompson as a talk show host that hires a woman (Mindy Kaling) to join her male dominated writer’s room and save her career when she is accused of being “a woman who hates Women. Joining Thompson and Kaling in the cast are John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Paul Walter Hauser, Amy Ryan, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Denis O’Hare, and Ike Barinholtz; watch it here…
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.
Late Night is set to arrive in theatres on June 7th.
