Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson are starring in a movie together called Late Night and this is EXCELLENT NEWS.
Thompson plays a late night talk show host who hires a female staff writer (Kaling) after being accused of being a women who hates women. Kaling infiltrates the white, male -dominated space and we have ourselves an empowering story of women owning the room.
The trailer for Late Night just dropped and it looks both hilarious and powerful, a combo that’s no surprise considering the stars, the fact that Mindy Kaling also wrote and produced the film, and it is directed by Nisha Ganatra, a Canadian-Indian woman with experience directing on projects like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Transparent and Dear White People.
This is the kind of production we want and need on screen.
Just here to shake things up ?????? @LateNightMovie arrives in theaters June 7th! pic.twitter.com/Bu9XvhsgRJ
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) March 7, 2019
Speaking to Variety about the film, here’s some of what the women involved had to say.
“It’s a political piece without banging you over the head with its message,” Emma Thompson said.
“I knew all about the power of holding the door open behind you instead of slamming it shut and saying, ‘Thank God I got in,’” Ganatra said.
“Particularly if you’re a woman of color, you need people to give you opportunities.” Mindy Kaling said. “Talent is an important part of success, but you also need mentors to find promise in people that don’t necessarily seem like they will fit in.”
Kudos to Mindy Kaling for casting Emma Thompson as her boss and freaking Hugh Dancy as her love interest. That's a power move. #LateNight #LateNightMovie https://t.co/6Jn7rfslWn
— Olivia Truffaut-Wong (@iWatchiAm) March 7, 2019
Mindy Kaling is one of the most talented actor, writer, producer, director multi-talents that is in the industry and her work behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera deserves copious appreciation. She is incredible, and Late Night looks incredible.
The film is set to be released June 7 in the US and hopefully we don’t have to wait around for it to come to Australia – but it is an Amazon production so there’s also always a chance it could just come to Amazon Prime streaming service.