The Morning Show has a knack for writing itself into a corner. “It requires a lot of junk food to manage the stress,” says executive producer Charlotte Stoudt. “Part of me was like, ‘Who is that season three showrunner? I have a few words for her!’”
As said season three showrunner, Stoudt is joking. She’s now running her second writers room for the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series, which will shoot its fourth season this summer. “We’re still writing, still breaking story. We’re very much in the middle of it,” she says, thinking back to where she left her characters in the season three finale, and adds with a laugh, “We caused ourselves a lot of problems.”
The WGA Award-winning writer (Fosse/Verdon, Homeland, House of Cards) took over the showrunning reins in 2022 from Kerry Ehrin, who developed and ran the first two seasons. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon...
As said season three showrunner, Stoudt is joking. She’s now running her second writers room for the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series, which will shoot its fourth season this summer. “We’re still writing, still breaking story. We’re very much in the middle of it,” she says, thinking back to where she left her characters in the season three finale, and adds with a laugh, “We caused ourselves a lot of problems.”
The WGA Award-winning writer (Fosse/Verdon, Homeland, House of Cards) took over the showrunning reins in 2022 from Kerry Ehrin, who developed and ran the first two seasons. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon...
- 6/12/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julianna Margulies will not be returning to Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” for Season 4.
Sources tell Variety that the decision was made before the controversy stirred by a podcast that featured Margulies last year, and that she was offered a one-episode appearance in Season 4 that she turned down. The sources also say she has been asked about her interest in returning for a potential fifth season.
Margulies joined “The Morning Show” in Season 2 as journalist Laura Peterson, who becomes Bradley Jackson’s (Reese Witherspoon) love interest; the two break up early in Season 3, though Laura’s arc continues through the remaining episodes.
In November, while discussing the war in Gaza, Margulies made derogatory comments about Black and LGBTQ people, including that lesbian critics of Israel “offended [her] as a lesbian” since she played one on “The Morning Show.” She subsequently apologized for her remarks.
After the Season 3 finale of “The Morning Show,...
Sources tell Variety that the decision was made before the controversy stirred by a podcast that featured Margulies last year, and that she was offered a one-episode appearance in Season 4 that she turned down. The sources also say she has been asked about her interest in returning for a potential fifth season.
Margulies joined “The Morning Show” in Season 2 as journalist Laura Peterson, who becomes Bradley Jackson’s (Reese Witherspoon) love interest; the two break up early in Season 3, though Laura’s arc continues through the remaining episodes.
In November, while discussing the war in Gaza, Margulies made derogatory comments about Black and LGBTQ people, including that lesbian critics of Israel “offended [her] as a lesbian” since she played one on “The Morning Show.” She subsequently apologized for her remarks.
After the Season 3 finale of “The Morning Show,...
- 6/10/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
It's practically impossible to talk about Mimi Leder's 1998 comet-based disaster film "Deep Impact" without also cursorily mentioning Michael Bay's 1998 comet-based disaster film "Armageddon." Leder's film was released on May 8, and was presented as a stern and realistic view of what might happen to the Earth if a massive, Mount Everest-sized comet struck. Bay's film was released on July 1, and presented a much more cartoony, ultra-macho version of the same story, this time with a comet the size of Texas. The former was about somber politicians planning for the worst, the latter was about muscular, blue-collar miners flying into space. Curiously, both films were hits; "Deep Impact" made $350 million on a budget of $80 million, and "Armageddon" made over $550 million on a budget of $140 million.
Of the two, "Deep Impact" is the "classy" choice, featuring a wide ensemble of recognizable actors, each doing their best to prepare for -- and...
Of the two, "Deep Impact" is the "classy" choice, featuring a wide ensemble of recognizable actors, each doing their best to prepare for -- and...
- 6/8/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
French superstar Marion Cotillard will join Season Four of Apple’s The Morning Show.
Cotillard, who won the 2008 lead actress Oscar for La Vie En Rose, will star opposite show regulars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston as Celine Dumont, described as “a savvy operator from a storied European family”.
The third season of the behind-the-scenes drama about a news station aired in 2023 and earned an AFI award as well as a Critics Choice Awards supporting actor, drama, win for Billy Crudup. In 2020 Crudup won the Emmy for supporting actor, drama.
The Morning Show key cast includes Greta Lee, Mark Duplass,...
Cotillard, who won the 2008 lead actress Oscar for La Vie En Rose, will star opposite show regulars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston as Celine Dumont, described as “a savvy operator from a storied European family”.
The third season of the behind-the-scenes drama about a news station aired in 2023 and earned an AFI award as well as a Critics Choice Awards supporting actor, drama, win for Billy Crudup. In 2020 Crudup won the Emmy for supporting actor, drama.
The Morning Show key cast includes Greta Lee, Mark Duplass,...
- 6/5/2024
- ScreenDaily
Marion Cotillard has joined the cast of “The Morning Show” Season 4.
The Oscar-winning actress will star as Celine Dumont, a savvy operator from a storied European family, in the fourth installment of the Apple TV+ drama series. Cotillard joins returning cast members Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie.
Season 4 will pick up in the aftermath of the Season 3 finale, which saw Alex (Aniston) attempt to halt the acquisition — and impending dissolution — of Uba by suggesting a merger between Uba and Nbn.
Cotillard is best known for starring in “Allied,” “Inception,” “La Vie en Rose,” “Rust and Bone,” “Two Days, One Night,” “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Assassin’s Creed.” She also recently starred in an episode of the Apple TV+ series “Extrapolations” alongside Forest Whitaker.
Aniston and Witherspoon executive produce “The Morning Show,” with Aniston and Kristin Hahn EPing through Echo Films,...
The Oscar-winning actress will star as Celine Dumont, a savvy operator from a storied European family, in the fourth installment of the Apple TV+ drama series. Cotillard joins returning cast members Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie.
Season 4 will pick up in the aftermath of the Season 3 finale, which saw Alex (Aniston) attempt to halt the acquisition — and impending dissolution — of Uba by suggesting a merger between Uba and Nbn.
Cotillard is best known for starring in “Allied,” “Inception,” “La Vie en Rose,” “Rust and Bone,” “Two Days, One Night,” “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Assassin’s Creed.” She also recently starred in an episode of the Apple TV+ series “Extrapolations” alongside Forest Whitaker.
Aniston and Witherspoon executive produce “The Morning Show,” with Aniston and Kristin Hahn EPing through Echo Films,...
- 6/5/2024
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Marion Cotillard has signed on for a role in “The Morning Show” Season 4, Variety has learned.
The Oscar winner will appear in the new season of the Apple TV+ series alongside stars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston as well as cast members Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm, and Nicole Beharie.
Cotillard will star as Celine Dumont, described as “a savvy operator from a storied European family.”
This will be one of the few TV roles Cotillard has held in her career. She won the Academy Award for best actress for “La Vie En Rose” in 2008. She was nominated in the same category in 2015 for “Two Days, One Night.” Her other notable film roles include “Brother and Sister,” “From the Land of the Moon,” “Macbeth,” “Midnight in Paris,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” and “Inception.”
Cotillard is repped by Agence Adequat in France and by...
The Oscar winner will appear in the new season of the Apple TV+ series alongside stars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston as well as cast members Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm, and Nicole Beharie.
Cotillard will star as Celine Dumont, described as “a savvy operator from a storied European family.”
This will be one of the few TV roles Cotillard has held in her career. She won the Academy Award for best actress for “La Vie En Rose” in 2008. She was nominated in the same category in 2015 for “Two Days, One Night.” Her other notable film roles include “Brother and Sister,” “From the Land of the Moon,” “Macbeth,” “Midnight in Paris,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” and “Inception.”
Cotillard is repped by Agence Adequat in France and by...
- 6/5/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The Morning Show has announced a big get for season four: Marion Cotillard is joining the cast of the Apple TV+ series.
The Oscar winner joins the starry ensemble of the Apple TV+ media series that is led by executive producers Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, along with season three stars Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie.
The Morning Show explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, and ended on another big cliffhanger with its third season.
Cotillard’s role sounds like another force to be reckoned with for the returning news team at the show’s fictional Uba Network. She will play the character of Celine Dumont, who is described as a savvy operator from a storied European family.
Some roles remain up in the air given how season three ended,...
The Oscar winner joins the starry ensemble of the Apple TV+ media series that is led by executive producers Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, along with season three stars Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie.
The Morning Show explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, and ended on another big cliffhanger with its third season.
Cotillard’s role sounds like another force to be reckoned with for the returning news team at the show’s fictional Uba Network. She will play the character of Celine Dumont, who is described as a savvy operator from a storied European family.
Some roles remain up in the air given how season three ended,...
- 6/5/2024
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AppleTV+’s The Morning Show is amping up the star power further with the addition of Academy Award-winner Marion Cotillard in a major arc across Season 4. She will portray ‘Celine Dumont,’ a savvy operator from a storied European family.
Cotillard joins the ensemble cast which includes Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie.
The Morning Show explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning. Season 3 left the fate of Uba once again up in the air after Alex (Aniston) manages to take down Paul Marks (Hamm) by logjamming the sale of Uba to his tech company, Hyperion. But now, it appears Uba will be merging with another media company to keep the network afloat, which could spell layoffs and restructuring to come in Season 4.
The...
Cotillard joins the ensemble cast which includes Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie.
The Morning Show explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning. Season 3 left the fate of Uba once again up in the air after Alex (Aniston) manages to take down Paul Marks (Hamm) by logjamming the sale of Uba to his tech company, Hyperion. But now, it appears Uba will be merging with another media company to keep the network afloat, which could spell layoffs and restructuring to come in Season 4.
The...
- 6/5/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
On Sunday, June 2, Apple TV+ celebrated “The Morning Show” with an FYC Emmys event at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Gold Derby associate editor Latasha Ford was on the red carpet to interview leading cast members: Billy Crudup, Jon Hamm, Nestor Carbonell and Karen Pittman. Additional interviews include executive producers Mimi Leder and Michael Ellenberg, writer Charlotte Stoudt and production designer Nelson Coates. Watch the full red carpet interviews above.
“The Morning Show” stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon and explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning. In season three, the future of the network is thrown into question and loyalties are pushed to the brink when a tech titan takes an interest in Uba. Unexpected alliances form, private truths are weaponized, and everyone is forced to confront their core values both in and out of the newsroom.
“The Morning Show” stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon and explores the cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning. In season three, the future of the network is thrown into question and loyalties are pushed to the brink when a tech titan takes an interest in Uba. Unexpected alliances form, private truths are weaponized, and everyone is forced to confront their core values both in and out of the newsroom.
- 6/3/2024
- by Latasha Ford
- Gold Derby
Twin movies. Doppelgängers. Rapid fire remakes. Whatever you want to call them, Hollywood studios have a long and painful history of rushing concepts that run the gamut from similar to identical into theaters at virtually the same moment. Oftentimes the belief is if you get before the cameras first, the competitor(s) will throw in the towel and cancel production. Yet once in a while what seems like a turf war played out in industry trade papers, where the disputed territories are overlapping ideas or historical personages, spills out into the multiplex as “the same movie” comes to cinemas weeks or months apart.
This phenomenon is more than a hundred years old, with the first such instance believed to be two silent adaptations of Ivanhoe being produced on different continents in 1913, although a clearer kickoff might be when Paramount and MGM competed to get the first American Mata Hari movie...
This phenomenon is more than a hundred years old, with the first such instance believed to be two silent adaptations of Ivanhoe being produced on different continents in 1913, although a clearer kickoff might be when Paramount and MGM competed to get the first American Mata Hari movie...
- 5/31/2024
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Lives of historical figures often get cinematic treatment to tell sweeping tales of real life events. From United States Presidents to their wives and First Ladies, to Supreme Court Justices to scientists and brilliant minds, nobody is off limits, especially if the stories are triumphant. Others have more tragic endings.
The 2024 Academy Awards showed just how popular a biopic can be amongst voters with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer netting Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Actors and actresses do almost anything to become the real-life person they portray in a biopic, from working with movement coaches to wearing prosthetics and makeup to enhance their facial features.
Those looking to learn about influential men and women over the years can find a list of historical biopics can read on for an immersive selection.
Photo : Weinstein Company Courtesy Everett Collection
The Imitation Game (2014)
Based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges,...
The 2024 Academy Awards showed just how popular a biopic can be amongst voters with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer netting Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Actors and actresses do almost anything to become the real-life person they portray in a biopic, from working with movement coaches to wearing prosthetics and makeup to enhance their facial features.
Those looking to learn about influential men and women over the years can find a list of historical biopics can read on for an immersive selection.
Photo : Weinstein Company Courtesy Everett Collection
The Imitation Game (2014)
Based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- Deadline Film + TV
If Heat and The Insider are agreed upon as Michael Mann’s all-time best films, what is the director’s most underrated feature to date? Is it Thief? The Keep? Manhunter? Public Enemies? Nah. There’s only one acceptable answer: 2004’s criminally overlooked nocturnal neo-noir Collateral. Featuring a rare villainous turn by Tom Cruise and a restrained Oscar-nominated performance by Jamie Foxx, the L.A. crime story was the first film in history to utilize the Viper FilmStream High Definition Camera. The digital format that David Fincher would later adopt for use on Zodiac and Benjamin Button. Beyond the cutting-edge technology, the remote locations Mann and his production team gave viewers a much different glimpse of Los Angeles away from the glamor of Hollywood and into the seedy, sinister parts of town rarely seen on the big screen.
Believe it or not, Collateral was conceived by screenwriter Stuart Beattie when...
Believe it or not, Collateral was conceived by screenwriter Stuart Beattie when...
- 5/20/2024
- by Jake Dee
- JoBlo.com
“Film is forever.”
Nicole Kidman, the 49th recipient of the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award, made her acceptance speech on the Dolby Theatre stage on Saturday, April 27 about the filmmakers who’ve shaped her career — and her love for movies and storytelling.
The Academy Award-winning actress was joined by presenters including her “Big Little Lies” co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, a past AFI recipient who handed Kidman the honors at the night’s end. “Can I just say, Meryl Streep? I just loved you. I always loved you. I don’t know what it is. You’re a beacon of excellence and warmth and generosity, and you’ve been my guiding light. To see this from you, you have no idea. My husband can attest, my parents can attest, it’s always been you, and no one can touch you.”
Kidman’s opening remarks set the tone for a...
Nicole Kidman, the 49th recipient of the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award, made her acceptance speech on the Dolby Theatre stage on Saturday, April 27 about the filmmakers who’ve shaped her career — and her love for movies and storytelling.
The Academy Award-winning actress was joined by presenters including her “Big Little Lies” co-stars Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, a past AFI recipient who handed Kidman the honors at the night’s end. “Can I just say, Meryl Streep? I just loved you. I always loved you. I don’t know what it is. You’re a beacon of excellence and warmth and generosity, and you’ve been my guiding light. To see this from you, you have no idea. My husband can attest, my parents can attest, it’s always been you, and no one can touch you.”
Kidman’s opening remarks set the tone for a...
- 4/28/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Hollywood legends gathered Saturday night to celebrate Nicole Kidman as she received the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed by the American Film Institute.
The ceremony featured tributes from Kidman’s esteemed peers and collaborators, including Meryl Streep, Zoe Saldaña, Naomi Watts, Zac Efron, David E. Kelley, Morgan Freeman, Keith Urban, Aaron Sorkin and Reese Witherspoon. The audience also included Lee Daniels, Mimi Leder and “Expats” creator and director Lulu Wang along with Kidman’s co-stars Ji-young and Sarayu Blue. The 56-year-old Oscar-winning actress expressed her deep gratitude for her distinguished career.
Kidman was visibly moved by the accolades from numerous distinguished colleagues, including Miles Teller, who was personally cast by Kidman in his first-ever film role “Rabbit Hole ” which was also her first produced feature. However, her husband, Keith Urban, shared intimate details about their life together, highlighting when he entered rehabilitation for substance abuse five months into their marriage,...
The ceremony featured tributes from Kidman’s esteemed peers and collaborators, including Meryl Streep, Zoe Saldaña, Naomi Watts, Zac Efron, David E. Kelley, Morgan Freeman, Keith Urban, Aaron Sorkin and Reese Witherspoon. The audience also included Lee Daniels, Mimi Leder and “Expats” creator and director Lulu Wang along with Kidman’s co-stars Ji-young and Sarayu Blue. The 56-year-old Oscar-winning actress expressed her deep gratitude for her distinguished career.
Kidman was visibly moved by the accolades from numerous distinguished colleagues, including Miles Teller, who was personally cast by Kidman in his first-ever film role “Rabbit Hole ” which was also her first produced feature. However, her husband, Keith Urban, shared intimate details about their life together, highlighting when he entered rehabilitation for substance abuse five months into their marriage,...
- 4/28/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Nicole Kidman is the 2024 AFI Life Achievement Award honoree for her film career.
“Nicole Kidman embodies the glamour and romance of Hollywood past – a true screen icon – but she is also a risk taker – and so each performance is something new and something profound,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI President & CEO. “And like all truly great artists – Nicole not only gives back – she drives culture forward with her commitment to amplifying the voices of female directors and producers.”
Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon are some of the presenters who honored Kidman at the event at the Dolby Theatre on April 27.
Related: Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’
The AFI Life Achievement Award, was established by the AFI Board of Trustees in 1973, and is presented to a single honoree each year based on the following...
“Nicole Kidman embodies the glamour and romance of Hollywood past – a true screen icon – but she is also a risk taker – and so each performance is something new and something profound,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI President & CEO. “And like all truly great artists – Nicole not only gives back – she drives culture forward with her commitment to amplifying the voices of female directors and producers.”
Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Naomi Watts and Reese Witherspoon are some of the presenters who honored Kidman at the event at the Dolby Theatre on April 27.
Related: Nicole Kidman’s Career In Photos: From ‘Days of Thunder’ And ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ To ‘Moulin Rouge!’
The AFI Life Achievement Award, was established by the AFI Board of Trustees in 1973, and is presented to a single honoree each year based on the following...
- 4/28/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Reese Witherspoon is renowned for her versatile acting skills after kickstarting her career as a teenager, making her screen debut in The Man in the Moon (1991). From then on, she gained widespread recognition for several projects including Legally Blonde and Walk the Line.
Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde
Given that she has built an incredible fortune with her acting talent, she has recently expressed her opinion on the state of Hollywood, particularly regarding AI’s impact on the same.
Reese Witherspoon Got Candid About AI’s Impact on Hollywood
During the most recent season of The Morning Show at PaleyFest L.A. on Friday night, Reese Witherspoon got candid about the recent scenario in Hollywood. While specifically expressing her opinion on the use of AI in the filmmaking world, she took it as a positive change.
Suggested“It was delicious”: Bizarre Video of Reese Witherspoon Eating Fresh Snow Goes...
Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde
Given that she has built an incredible fortune with her acting talent, she has recently expressed her opinion on the state of Hollywood, particularly regarding AI’s impact on the same.
Reese Witherspoon Got Candid About AI’s Impact on Hollywood
During the most recent season of The Morning Show at PaleyFest L.A. on Friday night, Reese Witherspoon got candid about the recent scenario in Hollywood. While specifically expressing her opinion on the use of AI in the filmmaking world, she took it as a positive change.
Suggested“It was delicious”: Bizarre Video of Reese Witherspoon Eating Fresh Snow Goes...
- 4/14/2024
- by Priya Sharma
- FandomWire
While taking part in a PaleyFest conversation on Friday night about the most recent season of The Morning Show, Reese Witherspoon got honest about the current state of Hollywood and concerns she has about the future.
Asked by moderator Kara Swisher about this particular time in tech and media, roughly six months after the end of the actors strike, Witherspoon — who serves as an executive producer on The Morning Show and has become one of the industry’s top producers via her Hello Sunshine banner — told the crowd at the Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre that the streaming landscape has changed in recent months.
“Streaming was like the biggest thing for three to four years, and there was a never-ending constant smash for content, and, like, literally we could sell anything,” the star said. “What I’m seeing right now, I think from the buying and selling landscape side of it,...
Asked by moderator Kara Swisher about this particular time in tech and media, roughly six months after the end of the actors strike, Witherspoon — who serves as an executive producer on The Morning Show and has become one of the industry’s top producers via her Hello Sunshine banner — told the crowd at the Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre that the streaming landscape has changed in recent months.
“Streaming was like the biggest thing for three to four years, and there was a never-ending constant smash for content, and, like, literally we could sell anything,” the star said. “What I’m seeing right now, I think from the buying and selling landscape side of it,...
- 4/13/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated: The Paley Center for Media has revealed new additions to the lineup for the 41st PaleyFest LA, which runs from Friday, April 12 through Saturday, April 20 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Joining The Morning Show on opening night, April 12 are Karen Pittman (Mia Jordan); Nicole Behaire (Christina Hunter); Charlotte Stoudt, Showrunner & Executive Producer, and Mimi Leder, Executive Producer & Director.
For the Loki panel, Owen Wilson will join the previously announced Tom Hiddleson, along with Sophia Di Martino, Eric Martin, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. That’s April 13.
Judd Apatow will moderate Curb Your Enthusiasm on Thursday, April 18, while Patton Oswalt will moderate The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Saturday, April 20.
Arden Cho (June) will join Avatar: The Last Airbender on April 14.
Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner Rich Appel will moderate the Q&a conversation for Family Guy 25th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, April 19.
As previously announced, Andy Samberg will...
Joining The Morning Show on opening night, April 12 are Karen Pittman (Mia Jordan); Nicole Behaire (Christina Hunter); Charlotte Stoudt, Showrunner & Executive Producer, and Mimi Leder, Executive Producer & Director.
For the Loki panel, Owen Wilson will join the previously announced Tom Hiddleson, along with Sophia Di Martino, Eric Martin, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. That’s April 13.
Judd Apatow will moderate Curb Your Enthusiasm on Thursday, April 18, while Patton Oswalt will moderate The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Saturday, April 20.
Arden Cho (June) will join Avatar: The Last Airbender on April 14.
Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner Rich Appel will moderate the Q&a conversation for Family Guy 25th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, April 19.
As previously announced, Andy Samberg will...
- 3/27/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Apple TV+ is staying in business with one of the men behind its latest sports docuseries The Dynasty: New England Patriots.
The streamer has struck a first-look deal with director Matthew Hamachek.
It is the latest first-look deal for the tech company following similar deals with the likes of David & Jessica Oyelowo, The Morning Show’s Mimi Leder and Black Bird co-creator Dennis Lehane.
In addition to The Dynasty, Hamachek directed HBO’s Tiger Woods documentary Tiger, which won a sports Emmy in 2022.
He started his career working on the Oscar-nominated documentary Street Fight before working on Racing Dreams and If A Tree Falls before co-producing docs including Cartel Land, Amanda Knox, City of Ghosts and The Trade. He also exec produced Netflix’s Return To Space, which was directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
The Apple deal comes ahead of the finale of the ten-part series The Dynasty: New England Patriots,...
The streamer has struck a first-look deal with director Matthew Hamachek.
It is the latest first-look deal for the tech company following similar deals with the likes of David & Jessica Oyelowo, The Morning Show’s Mimi Leder and Black Bird co-creator Dennis Lehane.
In addition to The Dynasty, Hamachek directed HBO’s Tiger Woods documentary Tiger, which won a sports Emmy in 2022.
He started his career working on the Oscar-nominated documentary Street Fight before working on Racing Dreams and If A Tree Falls before co-producing docs including Cartel Land, Amanda Knox, City of Ghosts and The Trade. He also exec produced Netflix’s Return To Space, which was directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
The Apple deal comes ahead of the finale of the ten-part series The Dynasty: New England Patriots,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn won Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) Awards in the categories for fantasy, period and contemporary live action features, respectively, at the 28th Adg Awards, which were handed out Saturday at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Ovation Hollywood.
Poor Things and Oppenheimer are additionally nominated for the Oscar in production design, alongside Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon, which were also Adg nominated in their respective categories.
Over the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film prize has gone on to win the Oscar for production design twice: In 2020, for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and in 2021, for Mank. During that time, the production design Oscar went to the winner of the fantasy category twice, in 2019, for Black Panther, and 2022, for Dune. A year ago, eventual Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated in the period...
Poor Things and Oppenheimer are additionally nominated for the Oscar in production design, alongside Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon, which were also Adg nominated in their respective categories.
Over the past five years, the winner of the Adg’s period film prize has gone on to win the Oscar for production design twice: In 2020, for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and in 2021, for Mank. During that time, the production design Oscar went to the winner of the fantasy category twice, in 2019, for Black Panther, and 2022, for Dune. A year ago, eventual Oscar winner All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated in the period...
- 2/11/2024
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Production design Oscar nominees “Barbie,” “Poor Things,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Oppenheimer,” “Napoleon” all competed for the 28th Art Directors Guild Awards February 10 at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. “Poor Things” prevailed over “Barbie” for fantasy, and is now in the driver’s seat to win the Oscar. Throughout the season, it has been a race between these two big feminist films constructed around rebirth and unconventional world-building.
Meanwhile, “Oppenheimer” took period honors over “Asteroid City,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” and “Napoleon.” Contemporary winner “Saltburn,” though, is not in the Oscar running. The animated feature winner was “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
The TV winners for one-hour period, fantasy, and contemporary were “The Great,” “The Last of Us,” and “Succession.” Movie or limited series went to “Beef,” and the half-hour series winner was “Reservation Dogs.”
As previously announced, the Adg Awards honored Mimi Leder (Apple TV’s...
Meanwhile, “Oppenheimer” took period honors over “Asteroid City,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” and “Napoleon.” Contemporary winner “Saltburn,” though, is not in the Oscar running. The animated feature winner was “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.”
The TV winners for one-hour period, fantasy, and contemporary were “The Great,” “The Last of Us,” and “Succession.” Movie or limited series went to “Beef,” and the half-hour series winner was “Reservation Dogs.”
As previously announced, the Adg Awards honored Mimi Leder (Apple TV’s...
- 2/11/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Oppenheimer,” “Poor Things,” “Saltburn,” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” have won the top feature-film awards at the 28th annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards, which were held on Saturday in Hollywood.
“Oppenheimer” won for period film, “Poor Things” for fantasy, “Saltburn” for contemporary and “Spider-Man” for animated film.
“Poor Things” was considered a bit of a surprise winner given that “Barbie” was also nominated the category, and winners Shona Heath and James Price said in their acceptance speech that they were not expecting the win. The victory might put them closer to a victory at next month’s Oscars, where “Poor Things” has 11 nominations.
In the television categories, awards went to “Succession,” “The Great,” “Reservation Dogs,” “The Last of Us,” “Beef,” “Frasier,” “Squid Game: The Challenge,” and the 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. The first three titles were honored for their final seasons on TV.
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“Oppenheimer” won for period film, “Poor Things” for fantasy, “Saltburn” for contemporary and “Spider-Man” for animated film.
“Poor Things” was considered a bit of a surprise winner given that “Barbie” was also nominated the category, and winners Shona Heath and James Price said in their acceptance speech that they were not expecting the win. The victory might put them closer to a victory at next month’s Oscars, where “Poor Things” has 11 nominations.
In the television categories, awards went to “Succession,” “The Great,” “Reservation Dogs,” “The Last of Us,” “Beef,” “Frasier,” “Squid Game: The Challenge,” and the 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. The first three titles were honored for their final seasons on TV.
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- 2/11/2024
- by Steve Pond, Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn took top film honors at the 28th annual Art Directors Guild Awards tonight. The Neighborhood and New Girl actor Max Greenfield hosted the show from Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. Check out the full winners list below.
Oppenheimer‘s Ruth De Jong and Poor Things’ James Price and Shona Heath will face off for Best Production Design at the Academy Awards next month. They’ll go up against the production designers and set decorators behind Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon.
The Art Directors Guild divides its top film prizes into Fantasy, Period and Contemporary Feature categories, which went to Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn, respectively. Since the trophy show launched in 1996, the winner of one of those has gone on to win the Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 18 of the 27 years. It had a run of nine in a row snapped last year,...
Oppenheimer‘s Ruth De Jong and Poor Things’ James Price and Shona Heath will face off for Best Production Design at the Academy Awards next month. They’ll go up against the production designers and set decorators behind Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon.
The Art Directors Guild divides its top film prizes into Fantasy, Period and Contemporary Feature categories, which went to Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn, respectively. Since the trophy show launched in 1996, the winner of one of those has gone on to win the Art Direction/Production Design Oscar in 18 of the 27 years. It had a run of nine in a row snapped last year,...
- 2/11/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“Saltburn,” “Oppenheimer” and “Poor Things” were among the winners at the 28th Annual Art Director’s Guild Awards which took place in Hollywood on Saturday evening.
Hosted by Max Greenfield, the Adg Awards celebrated outstanding production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, animated features and music videos.
“Poor Things” production designers Shona Heath and James Price drew visual references ranging from the paintings of French futurist Albert Robida to Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dracula” to build Yorgos Lanthimos’ extraordinary sets.
In “Oppenheimer,” Ruth De Jong built Los Alamos from the ground up. But her most challenging task came when she had to build the Oval Office for the film’s third act. Working with supervising art director, Samantha Englander, the two had floated the idea of finding a pre-existing build of the Oval Office. They looked no further than HBO’s beloved political satire “Veep.” Not only was “Veep...
Hosted by Max Greenfield, the Adg Awards celebrated outstanding production design in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, animated features and music videos.
“Poor Things” production designers Shona Heath and James Price drew visual references ranging from the paintings of French futurist Albert Robida to Francis Ford Coppola’s “Dracula” to build Yorgos Lanthimos’ extraordinary sets.
In “Oppenheimer,” Ruth De Jong built Los Alamos from the ground up. But her most challenging task came when she had to build the Oval Office for the film’s third act. Working with supervising art director, Samantha Englander, the two had floated the idea of finding a pre-existing build of the Oval Office. They looked no further than HBO’s beloved political satire “Veep.” Not only was “Veep...
- 2/11/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay and Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
PaleyFest 2024: The Morning Show, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Family Guy, Loki and More Among Lineup
PaleyFest 2024 is shaping up to be a celebratory occasion, with panels slated for several momentous anniversaries and farewell runs.
The annual event — which features screenings or special previews followed by a moderated discussion/Q&a — will kick off on April 12 with big star power courtesy of The Morning Show’s Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
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The lineup also...
The annual event — which features screenings or special previews followed by a moderated discussion/Q&a — will kick off on April 12 with big star power courtesy of The Morning Show’s Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
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The lineup also...
- 1/29/2024
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Ahead of a busy weekend on the awards circuit — which will see star-studded audiences at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards and Monday’s long-awaited Emmy Awards — some of the biggest names in Hollywood gathered on Friday to celebrate the American Film Institute’s picks for the top 10 films and television shows of 2023.
A-list names crowded the ballroom at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, where films American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and Spider-Man: Across the Universe were honored along with TV shows Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Beef, Jury Duty, The Last of Us, The Morning Show, Only Murders in the Building, Poker Face, Reservation Dogs and Succession.
Creatives, directors and stars of those projects were in attendance, including American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Erika Alexander; Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie...
A-list names crowded the ballroom at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, where films American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and Spider-Man: Across the Universe were honored along with TV shows Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Beef, Jury Duty, The Last of Us, The Morning Show, Only Murders in the Building, Poker Face, Reservation Dogs and Succession.
Creatives, directors and stars of those projects were in attendance, including American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Erika Alexander; Barbie‘s Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie...
- 1/13/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Uba should have broken this news. The Morning Show director and producer and two-time ER Emmy winner Mimi Leder will receive the Art Directors Guild’s 2024 Cinematic Imagery Award.
The career honor, which is given to those whose body of work in the film and TV industry has enhanced the visual aspects of the viewer’s experience, will be presented February 10 during the Adg’s 28th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards at the Ovation Ballroom’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.
“Mimi Leder is a visionary director and producer whose collaboration with her art departments demonstrates the heights that we can achieve in filmmaking,” Adg Awards show producers Michael Allen Glover and Megan Elizabeth Bell. “We’re honored to bestow her with this year’s Cinematic Imagery Award.”
Leder earned her 10th Emmy nomination for directing the Season 1 finale of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup.
The career honor, which is given to those whose body of work in the film and TV industry has enhanced the visual aspects of the viewer’s experience, will be presented February 10 during the Adg’s 28th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards at the Ovation Ballroom’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.
“Mimi Leder is a visionary director and producer whose collaboration with her art departments demonstrates the heights that we can achieve in filmmaking,” Adg Awards show producers Michael Allen Glover and Megan Elizabeth Bell. “We’re honored to bestow her with this year’s Cinematic Imagery Award.”
Leder earned her 10th Emmy nomination for directing the Season 1 finale of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup.
- 1/12/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Director and producer Mimi Leder will receive the Art Director Guild (IATSE Local 800) Cinematic Imagery Award at its 28th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, Feb. 10, 2024 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood.
The two-time Emmy winner and 10-time nominee is currently executive producer and director of the Apple TV+ series, The Morning Show, starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup.
The Morning Show, whose third season was released in 2023, is the most-watched series globally on the streamer and has earned multiple SAG, Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice and Emmy award nominations, and was selected as one of AFI’s 10 best television programs of 2023.
Leder’s additional work includes ER, for which she earned her two Emmys and three DGA nominations. She has directed and produced films including On the Basis of Sex, Deep Impact, The Peacemaker and TV series such as The Leftovers, Luck, Shameless and The West Wing.
The two-time Emmy winner and 10-time nominee is currently executive producer and director of the Apple TV+ series, The Morning Show, starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup.
The Morning Show, whose third season was released in 2023, is the most-watched series globally on the streamer and has earned multiple SAG, Golden Globe, Critics’ Choice and Emmy award nominations, and was selected as one of AFI’s 10 best television programs of 2023.
Leder’s additional work includes ER, for which she earned her two Emmys and three DGA nominations. She has directed and produced films including On the Basis of Sex, Deep Impact, The Peacemaker and TV series such as The Leftovers, Luck, Shameless and The West Wing.
- 1/12/2024
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matthew Libatique, the Academy Award-nominated cinematographer most recently lending his talents to Bradley Cooper’s Netflix pic Maestro, has been set to receive the American Film Institute’s Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal at the AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Nicole Kidman, taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 27th.
The Schaffner Alumni Medal recognizes the extraordinary creative talents of AFI Conservatory Alumni who embody the qualities of filmmaker Franklin J. Schaffner: talent, taste, dedication and commitment to quality storytelling in film and television. Past recipients include Libatique’s frequent collaborator (and one-time classmate) Darren Aronofsky, Lesli Linka Glatter, Siân Heder, Patty Jenkins, Janusz Kamiński, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, Melina Matsoukas and Rachel Morrison.
While this year will be the ninth that the AFI Life Achievement Award special airs on TNT, air dates for the Kidman tribute special on TNT and...
The Schaffner Alumni Medal recognizes the extraordinary creative talents of AFI Conservatory Alumni who embody the qualities of filmmaker Franklin J. Schaffner: talent, taste, dedication and commitment to quality storytelling in film and television. Past recipients include Libatique’s frequent collaborator (and one-time classmate) Darren Aronofsky, Lesli Linka Glatter, Siân Heder, Patty Jenkins, Janusz Kamiński, Mimi Leder, David Lynch, Terrence Malick, Melina Matsoukas and Rachel Morrison.
While this year will be the ninth that the AFI Life Achievement Award special airs on TNT, air dates for the Kidman tribute special on TNT and...
- 1/9/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Aniston is opening up about that buzzworthy sex scene she had with Jon Hamm in season three of The Morning Show.
In episode six, Jennifer‘s character Alex Levy was seen laying on top of Jon‘s character while they were unclothed and in bed after spending a romantic night together.
Jennifer explained in a new interview why she turned down an intimacy coordinator for the scene.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Having [director Mimi Leder] there, you’re protected. I never felt uncomfortable,” Jennifer told Variety. “Jon was such a gentleman, always — I mean every move, every cut, ‘You Ok?’ It was also very choreographed. That’s the beauty of Mimi and our gorgeous editor, the music and lighting. So, you don’t prepare.”
She added, “They asked us if we wanted an intimacy coordinator. I’m from the olden days, so I was like, ‘What does that mean?...
In episode six, Jennifer‘s character Alex Levy was seen laying on top of Jon‘s character while they were unclothed and in bed after spending a romantic night together.
Jennifer explained in a new interview why she turned down an intimacy coordinator for the scene.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Having [director Mimi Leder] there, you’re protected. I never felt uncomfortable,” Jennifer told Variety. “Jon was such a gentleman, always — I mean every move, every cut, ‘You Ok?’ It was also very choreographed. That’s the beauty of Mimi and our gorgeous editor, the music and lighting. So, you don’t prepare.”
She added, “They asked us if we wanted an intimacy coordinator. I’m from the olden days, so I was like, ‘What does that mean?...
- 12/12/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
How challenging is it in this day and age to stand out in a crowded, chaotic marketplace of content and distraction, and is the worst fate for a series to be met with indifference? Despite all the progress we’ve seen over the years, what more can the industry do for black, indigenous, LGBTQ and other minority communities when it comes to diversity and inclusion on our TV screens? These were some of the topics discussed by five top TV showrunners and directors when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 /2024 awards contenders: Nkechi Okoro Carroll (“Found”), Peter Hoar (“The Last of Us”), Mimi Leder (“The Morning Show”), John Hoffman (“Only Murders in the Building”) and Sterlin Harjo (“Reservation Dogs”).
Watch our fascinating full group roundtable panel above, and click on each name above to view contender individual interview.
“It takes a, small village...
Watch our fascinating full group roundtable panel above, and click on each name above to view contender individual interview.
“It takes a, small village...
- 11/13/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“I still wake up with a lot of fear and that hasn’t changed, no matter how well you know your craft,” declares Mimi Leder about what has and hasn’t changed over the years since her early days as director on TV classics “China Beach” and her Emmy-winning work on “ER.” For our recent webchat she adds, “it’s a very motivating factor. I guess having worked so long in television and so many different genres, it gives you quite a bit of confidence.” We talked with Leder as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023/2024 awards contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See ‘The Morning Show’ re-enters awards conversation with Season 3, where ‘loyalties are pushed to the brink’
It’s been two years since Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) dominated our TV screens on the Apple TV+ drama “The Morning Show.
See ‘The Morning Show’ re-enters awards conversation with Season 3, where ‘loyalties are pushed to the brink’
It’s been two years since Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) dominated our TV screens on the Apple TV+ drama “The Morning Show.
- 11/13/2023
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Morning Show’s Season 3 finale episode, “The Overview Effect”.
Another season of The Morning Show met its end this week, and with a denouement so satisfying it’ll have fans leaping off their couches. From Jennifer Aniston plonking her loaded briefcase on the board room table, to Jon Hamm slinking back to his “giant penis” spaceship, there was something for everyone—even the FBI.
Under the stewardship of Season 3 showrunner Charlotte Stoudt—passed the torch by co-creator Kerry Ehrin—The Morning Show continues to look under the rocks of big business, systemic racism, the media crisis and terrifying political backslides, while focusing in on familial dysfunction and female power.
Here, Stoudt, along with Eps Michael Ellenberg, Lauren Neustadter, Kristin Hahn and EP-director Mimi Leder, come together to discuss the making of Season 3 and what’s coming up for Season 4.
Deadline: Congratulations for...
Another season of The Morning Show met its end this week, and with a denouement so satisfying it’ll have fans leaping off their couches. From Jennifer Aniston plonking her loaded briefcase on the board room table, to Jon Hamm slinking back to his “giant penis” spaceship, there was something for everyone—even the FBI.
Under the stewardship of Season 3 showrunner Charlotte Stoudt—passed the torch by co-creator Kerry Ehrin—The Morning Show continues to look under the rocks of big business, systemic racism, the media crisis and terrifying political backslides, while focusing in on familial dysfunction and female power.
Here, Stoudt, along with Eps Michael Ellenberg, Lauren Neustadter, Kristin Hahn and EP-director Mimi Leder, come together to discuss the making of Season 3 and what’s coming up for Season 4.
Deadline: Congratulations for...
- 11/9/2023
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 3 finale of “The Morning Show.”
Another outing of the sometimes hilarious, sometimes devastating, always thrilling “The Morning Show” has come to pass.
Season 3 finale “The Overview Effect” sees Alex (Jennifer Aniston) realize who and what was important to her. Bradley’s abrupt on-air resignation from Uba, timed to a new article about Cory (Billy Crudup) allegedly grooming her, shakes Alex to her core, and that’s before Paul (Jon Hamm) tells her about Bradley’s cover-up of Hal’s (Joe Tippett) involvement with the Jan. 6 insurrection. But when she goes to Bradley’s apartment to confront her, the conversation only makes her realize that Paul may not be who he seems.
At first, Alex thinks Bradley is crazy for insinuating that Paul may have been surveilling Bradley’s private communications. But she sends Bradley a text that incorrectly mentions Bradley being from Hanover,...
Another outing of the sometimes hilarious, sometimes devastating, always thrilling “The Morning Show” has come to pass.
Season 3 finale “The Overview Effect” sees Alex (Jennifer Aniston) realize who and what was important to her. Bradley’s abrupt on-air resignation from Uba, timed to a new article about Cory (Billy Crudup) allegedly grooming her, shakes Alex to her core, and that’s before Paul (Jon Hamm) tells her about Bradley’s cover-up of Hal’s (Joe Tippett) involvement with the Jan. 6 insurrection. But when she goes to Bradley’s apartment to confront her, the conversation only makes her realize that Paul may not be who he seems.
At first, Alex thinks Bradley is crazy for insinuating that Paul may have been surveilling Bradley’s private communications. But she sends Bradley a text that incorrectly mentions Bradley being from Hanover,...
- 11/8/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Morning Show Season 3 Episode 10 “The Overview Effect.”] The Morning Show Season 3 has come to a close, but not without delivering a major cliffhanger ending as Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) decided to turn herself in for covering up evidence in the January 6th insurrection. Going into the FBI offices alongside her brother Hal (Joe Tippett), she’s bid adieu by close pal Alex (Jennifer Aniston), who is fresh off of her victorious takedown of tech billionaire boyfriend Paul (Jon Hamm) as she presented Uba with a merger pitch over his acquisition of the company. Cory (Billy Crudup) also faced the music for an investigation sparked by incriminating photos hinting the executive had inappropriate relationships with his employees, which of course, was false. Below, director and executive producer Mimi Leder answers some of our biggest burning questions following the Season 3 finale as we look ahead to Season 4. (Credit: Apple TV+) Bradley decides...
- 11/8/2023
- TV Insider
[This story contains spoilers from the sixth episode of The Morning Show season three, “The Stanford Student.”]
The stars of The Morning Show constantly make controversial choices. That’s what makes them relatable, according to the creative team behind the Apple TV+ series, who had promised eyebrow-raising decisions to come from their starring protagonists — played by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon — in the currently airing third season.
And following last week’s 2020 flashback reveal that Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson buried evidence around the Jan. 6 insurrection, the sixth episode in the media drama placed Aniston’s Alex Levy in the hot seat as she decides to blur ethical lines — once again — when it comes to her personal relationships.
Alex famously had an intimate relationship with her disgraced former morning show co-anchor, Mitch Kessler, played by Steve Carell. Mitch, who was fired from the show within the show, also titled The Morning Show, over sexual assault, nearly cost Alex her career:...
The stars of The Morning Show constantly make controversial choices. That’s what makes them relatable, according to the creative team behind the Apple TV+ series, who had promised eyebrow-raising decisions to come from their starring protagonists — played by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon — in the currently airing third season.
And following last week’s 2020 flashback reveal that Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson buried evidence around the Jan. 6 insurrection, the sixth episode in the media drama placed Aniston’s Alex Levy in the hot seat as she decides to blur ethical lines — once again — when it comes to her personal relationships.
Alex famously had an intimate relationship with her disgraced former morning show co-anchor, Mitch Kessler, played by Steve Carell. Mitch, who was fired from the show within the show, also titled The Morning Show, over sexual assault, nearly cost Alex her career:...
- 10/13/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jon Hamm’s Paul Marks, who burst into “The Morning Show” scene in Season 3, wasn’t inspired by just one tech mogul or finance billionaire, but he is certainly “an amalgamation” of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and other figures, according to executive producer Michael Ellenberg.
Marks — whom Cory Ellison (Billy Cruddup) courted professionally for a network-saving deal in which Marks acquires Uba — ranges from Jeff Bezos-level wealth and power, with his Hyperion One rocket and other space exploration endeavors (like Bezos’ Blue Origin), to Elon Musk-level shrewdness and tech surveillance background.
Ellenberg sees past the black and white into the gray area surrounding Marks, especially in Episode 6 when some dirt about him resurfaces as Alex (Jennifer Aniston) plans to interview him on her streaming series “Alex Unfiltered.”
“There’s no shortage of tech and finance billionaires who are taking swings inside traditional media, streaming, social media, etc.,” Ellenberg told TheWrap.
Marks — whom Cory Ellison (Billy Cruddup) courted professionally for a network-saving deal in which Marks acquires Uba — ranges from Jeff Bezos-level wealth and power, with his Hyperion One rocket and other space exploration endeavors (like Bezos’ Blue Origin), to Elon Musk-level shrewdness and tech surveillance background.
Ellenberg sees past the black and white into the gray area surrounding Marks, especially in Episode 6 when some dirt about him resurfaces as Alex (Jennifer Aniston) plans to interview him on her streaming series “Alex Unfiltered.”
“There’s no shortage of tech and finance billionaires who are taking swings inside traditional media, streaming, social media, etc.,” Ellenberg told TheWrap.
- 10/12/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers for “The Stanford Student,” the sixth episode of “The Morning Show” Season 3.
Oh, Alex.
After being embroiled in constant scandal throughout the first two seasons, Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) has spent Season 3 of “The Morning Show” on a moral high ground, from blowing off a glitzy broadcast from outer space in order to report on abortion rights in Texas to helping Chris (Nicole Beharie) stand up to the racism of network board president Cybil (Holland Taylor). But then Paul Marks happens.
Episode 6, “The Stanford Student,” sees Alex interview Paul (Jon Hamm), the tech billionaire attempting to buy the network, on her show in an attempt to unearth his past and investigate whether she and her colleagues will be able to maintain their journalistic independence under his ownership. Alex confronts Paul on air about a piece of intel she’s received: An anonymous previous mentee...
Oh, Alex.
After being embroiled in constant scandal throughout the first two seasons, Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) has spent Season 3 of “The Morning Show” on a moral high ground, from blowing off a glitzy broadcast from outer space in order to report on abortion rights in Texas to helping Chris (Nicole Beharie) stand up to the racism of network board president Cybil (Holland Taylor). But then Paul Marks happens.
Episode 6, “The Stanford Student,” sees Alex interview Paul (Jon Hamm), the tech billionaire attempting to buy the network, on her show in an attempt to unearth his past and investigate whether she and her colleagues will be able to maintain their journalistic independence under his ownership. Alex confronts Paul on air about a piece of intel she’s received: An anonymous previous mentee...
- 10/11/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers from the fifth episode of The Morning Show season three, “Love Island.”]
After jumping ahead two years, The Morning Show hit rewind this week to go back to where the Apple TV+ series ended last season: March of 2020.
The fifth episode in season three, titled “Love Island,” flashed back to shortly after the outbreak of Covid-19 to fill viewers in on what happened in the missing two years between seasons three and four of the Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston media drama.
Most notably, it answered the big question looming over the first half of season three: What’s the secret between news anchor Bradley Jackson (Witherspoon) and Uba network boss Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup)? A secret so big they would do anything to keep it quiet? (Even suggest paying out the network’s hackers $50 million to keep their private communications from being leaked.)
Well, “Love Island” answered the mystery when it revealed that Bradley,...
After jumping ahead two years, The Morning Show hit rewind this week to go back to where the Apple TV+ series ended last season: March of 2020.
The fifth episode in season three, titled “Love Island,” flashed back to shortly after the outbreak of Covid-19 to fill viewers in on what happened in the missing two years between seasons three and four of the Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston media drama.
Most notably, it answered the big question looming over the first half of season three: What’s the secret between news anchor Bradley Jackson (Witherspoon) and Uba network boss Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup)? A secret so big they would do anything to keep it quiet? (Even suggest paying out the network’s hackers $50 million to keep their private communications from being leaked.)
Well, “Love Island” answered the mystery when it revealed that Bradley,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When you think about it, the big revelation on this week’s The Morning Show makes perfect sense. Of Course Hal was dumb enough to get so caught up in anti-Biden sentiment that he stormed the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. And, because he’s Hal, of Course he got caught beating up a law-enforcement officer. If there’s a bad choice to be made, Hal’s your guy!
Wednesday’s hour of the Apple TV+ drama is a flashback that answers a lot of questions about what happened between the events of the Season 2 finale and the Season 3 premiere,...
Wednesday’s hour of the Apple TV+ drama is a flashback that answers a lot of questions about what happened between the events of the Season 2 finale and the Season 3 premiere,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
The latest episode of “The Morning Show” packed a topical conversation about systemic racism in media into one of its classic showdowns. In the aftermath of a companywide data leak, the Apple TV+ drama saw Uba Board President Cybil Richards (Holland Taylor) and “Morning Show” anchor Christina Hunter (Nicole Beharie) go on air together to discuss disparaging comments the media executive made during the former Olympian’s hiring process in a now-public email.
Executive producer Mimi Leder — who directed the first two episodes, the sixth and the finale of the most recent season — said Season 3 examines the layers of racism, ageism and politics impacting the legacy media business through Uba’s struggles. These pressure points reach a peak when the value of diversity in the Uba newsroom and network come into question following the cyber attack into the system in Episode 3.
“We introduced a new character, Chris Hunter. She’s an Olympic gold medalist.
Executive producer Mimi Leder — who directed the first two episodes, the sixth and the finale of the most recent season — said Season 3 examines the layers of racism, ageism and politics impacting the legacy media business through Uba’s struggles. These pressure points reach a peak when the value of diversity in the Uba newsroom and network come into question following the cyber attack into the system in Episode 3.
“We introduced a new character, Chris Hunter. She’s an Olympic gold medalist.
- 9/20/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
When Apple TV+ first launched, one of its marquee shows was undoubtedly "The Morning Show." Starring Steve Carell, Jennifer Aniston, and Reese Witherspoon as the anchors of a popular morning talk show in trouble, it quickly gained notice for its star-studded cast as much as for its deliberate parallels to the upheavals in real-life broadcast journalism of the time.
Over the seasons, the series has become less directly based on real-life events, but echoes of familiar stories still remain.
Is "The Morning Show" Based on a True Story?
When the first season of "The Morning Show" debuted in 2019, it centered on a badly behaved, popular man anchor on a beloved morning show, which seemed almost ripped from the headlines. Mitch Kessler, the fictional anchor in hot water (played by Carell), is at the center of a sexual misconduct scandal, including the discovery of a remote "close door" button under his office desk.
Over the seasons, the series has become less directly based on real-life events, but echoes of familiar stories still remain.
Is "The Morning Show" Based on a True Story?
When the first season of "The Morning Show" debuted in 2019, it centered on a badly behaved, popular man anchor on a beloved morning show, which seemed almost ripped from the headlines. Mitch Kessler, the fictional anchor in hot water (played by Carell), is at the center of a sexual misconduct scandal, including the discovery of a remote "close door" button under his office desk.
- 9/15/2023
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
“The Morning Show” makers wanted to do something grand for season three. So, showrunners Mimi Leder and Charlotte Stoudt told production designer Nelson Coates that “we’re doing all these environments. We’re going to space and it’s going to be right up front.”
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Coates’ goal was to create a sense of excitement and urgency without involving science fiction. And for that, a 19-foot-tall capsule, rocket, and launch pad had to be constructed.
As reported by Variety, Coates says: “It’s the latest and greatest technology available to the billionaires. So, I looked at Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX to find commonalities.” He realized he wanted it to feel like “you are on a rocket, and there is a booster.”
Coates dispatched location scouts in order to find wide stretches of...
Read More: ‘The Morning Show’: Jennifer Aniston & Reese Witherspoon Get A Lifeline In Dramatic Season 3 Teaser
Coates’ goal was to create a sense of excitement and urgency without involving science fiction. And for that, a 19-foot-tall capsule, rocket, and launch pad had to be constructed.
As reported by Variety, Coates says: “It’s the latest and greatest technology available to the billionaires. So, I looked at Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin and SpaceX to find commonalities.” He realized he wanted it to feel like “you are on a rocket, and there is a booster.”
Coates dispatched location scouts in order to find wide stretches of...
- 9/14/2023
- by Aashna Shah
- ET Canada
Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from the first two episodes of The Morning Show Season 3.
It’s been two years — in real life and in the Apple TV+ series — since Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) signed off of The Morning Show from her living room, encouraging viewers to “stay safe and stay sane” in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Season 3 of the Apple TV+ series debuted Wednesday, and Uba is back up and running. But who knows for how long. Over the past two seasons, Alex has weathered quite a few storms. It all started with the sexual misconduct allegations against co-anchor Mitch Kessler (Steve Carrell). Then, his sudden death. She also survived being canceled after her own actions, or lack thereof, came to light in relation to Mitch’s misconduct. And to top it all off, she contracts Covid. Her only constant? Work.
“She’s really alone.
It’s been two years — in real life and in the Apple TV+ series — since Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston) signed off of The Morning Show from her living room, encouraging viewers to “stay safe and stay sane” in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
Season 3 of the Apple TV+ series debuted Wednesday, and Uba is back up and running. But who knows for how long. Over the past two seasons, Alex has weathered quite a few storms. It all started with the sexual misconduct allegations against co-anchor Mitch Kessler (Steve Carrell). Then, his sudden death. She also survived being canceled after her own actions, or lack thereof, came to light in relation to Mitch’s misconduct. And to top it all off, she contracts Covid. Her only constant? Work.
“She’s really alone.
- 9/14/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are two of Hollywood’s biggest stars. They first acted together as sisters in Friends, and The Morning Show reunited them as co-leading ladies. Aniston and Witherspoon are TV Insider Magazine’s cover stars for the September 2023 issue (see below), which details everything you’ve been dying to know about The Morning Show Season 3, including exclusive intel about Jon Hamm‘s new character, the details of which have been kept secret until now. The Morning Show Season 3 is “juicier and sexier” than ever, executive producer/director Mimi Leder told TV Insider for the cover story. And the new episodes will see Aniston’s Alex Levy and Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson hitting new career heights with separate ventures at Uba. The co-anchors will still be involved in the titular morning news program, but their roles are going to look much different with their new gigs and colleagues new and old.
- 9/7/2023
- TV Insider
“The show is much juicier and sexier than it’s ever been,” promises executive producer and director Mimi Leder of the third installment of Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, about the on- and off-camera drama at a national rise-and-shine broadcast news program. That’s no small claim. From its first moments, The Morning Show—the series that helped make Apple TV+’s reputation as a streamer—has shocked and captivated. In its explosive 2019 debut season, popular Tms coanchor Alex Levy’s (Jennifer Aniston) longtime on-air partner Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell) was exposed for sexual harassment and replaced by ambitious and impulsive plucked-from-obscurity field reporter Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon). The women eventually bonded, using their power to reveal the wider toxic culture of their employer, the Uba network, now led by egomaniac CEO Cory Ellison (Billy Crudup). Last season saw Alex’s departure from the morning news program and her...
- 9/5/2023
- TV Insider
A cyber attack threatens to expose secrets and open closets that are best kept locked on season three of Apple TV+’s critically acclaimed, award-winning drama The Morning Show. The season three trailer reveals that the network’s under attack and apparently only making a deal with the devil will save Uba.
The cast is led by Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy and (Reese Witherspoon) as Bradley Jackson. Billy Crudup returns as Cory Ellison, Mark Duplass is Chip Black, Nestor Carbonell is Yanko Flores, Karen Pittman is Mia Jordan, and Greta Lee is Stella Bak. Julianna Margulies plays Laura Peterson, Jon Hamm is Paul Marks (the ‘devil’ in the above paragraph), and Nicole Beharie is Christina Hunter.
Season three premieres on September 13, 2023 with the release of the first two episodes. New episodes of the 10-episode season arrive on Wednesdays.
Apple TV+ has already confirmed the popular series will return for a fourth season.
The cast is led by Jennifer Aniston as Alex Levy and (Reese Witherspoon) as Bradley Jackson. Billy Crudup returns as Cory Ellison, Mark Duplass is Chip Black, Nestor Carbonell is Yanko Flores, Karen Pittman is Mia Jordan, and Greta Lee is Stella Bak. Julianna Margulies plays Laura Peterson, Jon Hamm is Paul Marks (the ‘devil’ in the above paragraph), and Nicole Beharie is Christina Hunter.
Season three premieres on September 13, 2023 with the release of the first two episodes. New episodes of the 10-episode season arrive on Wednesdays.
Apple TV+ has already confirmed the popular series will return for a fourth season.
- 8/24/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The first moments of The Morning Show’s season three trailer look like office politics as usual, with Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy and Billy Crudup’s Cory Ellison arguing over what’s apparently an “unprecedented” ask from Alex.
Things take a turn, however, when Uba gets hacked, setting up what looks to be the central crisis for the drama’s coming season, which premieres Sept. 13. While Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) announces the cyberattack on the air, everyone worries about what secrets will come out in its aftermath — and the potential “financial disaster,” as Cory puts it, that could accompany it.
Enter Jon Hamm’s Paul Marks. The Mad Men star will play a tech mogul whose money can help keep Uba solvent but will likely come with strings attached. He also seems to have a past with Alex that raises a few eyebrows within the network.
Mark Duplass, Néstor Carbonell,...
Things take a turn, however, when Uba gets hacked, setting up what looks to be the central crisis for the drama’s coming season, which premieres Sept. 13. While Bradley Jackson (Reese Witherspoon) announces the cyberattack on the air, everyone worries about what secrets will come out in its aftermath — and the potential “financial disaster,” as Cory puts it, that could accompany it.
Enter Jon Hamm’s Paul Marks. The Mad Men star will play a tech mogul whose money can help keep Uba solvent but will likely come with strings attached. He also seems to have a past with Alex that raises a few eyebrows within the network.
Mark Duplass, Néstor Carbonell,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Apple TV+ has debuted the trailer for the emotionally charged and dramatic third season of its award-winning and widely acclaimed hit series, ‘The Morning Show.’
Starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. The 10-episode third season will make its highly anticipated return on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through November 8, 2023.
In season three the stakes are high as the future of the network is thrown into question and loyalties are pushed to the brink when a tech titan takes an interest in Uba. Unexpected alliances form, private truths are weaponized, and everyone is forced to confront their core values both in and out of the newsroom.
Along with Witherspoon and Aniston, the star-studded season three ensemble cast is led by Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm, Nicole Beharie, and Julianna Margulies.
The Emmy,...
Starring and executive produced by Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston. The 10-episode third season will make its highly anticipated return on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through November 8, 2023.
In season three the stakes are high as the future of the network is thrown into question and loyalties are pushed to the brink when a tech titan takes an interest in Uba. Unexpected alliances form, private truths are weaponized, and everyone is forced to confront their core values both in and out of the newsroom.
Along with Witherspoon and Aniston, the star-studded season three ensemble cast is led by Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Greta Lee, Jon Hamm, Nicole Beharie, and Julianna Margulies.
The Emmy,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The release of the third season of The Morning Show would suffer much delay due to Covid (season 2 would stream on AppleTV+ in late 2021); however, the new episodes are now primed and ready for release. AppleTV+ has released a new trailer that spills more details about the plot of the season. Jennifer Aniston and Billy Crudup’s Alex and Cory butt heads and things get even more complicated when Uba undergoes a cyber attack. Sensitive information is released and the network is put in jeopardy. Jon Hamm‘s character enters the fray as producers of the show get desperate for survival.
The official synopsis from AppleTV+ reads,
In The Morning Show season three, the future of the network is thrown into question and loyalties are pushed to the brink when a tech titan takes an interest in Uba. Unexpected alliances form, private truths are weaponized, and everyone is forced to...
The official synopsis from AppleTV+ reads,
In The Morning Show season three, the future of the network is thrown into question and loyalties are pushed to the brink when a tech titan takes an interest in Uba. Unexpected alliances form, private truths are weaponized, and everyone is forced to...
- 8/24/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
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