| re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson | |
| Posted by: | Thom915 (Thom915@aol.com) 02:54 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - mamaleh 02:42 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| Why would he do this at the start of a film career? Hosting a late night show is a brutalizing schedule which leaves little time for anything else. And hosting a late late show is not going to make him a household name. I looked forward to him in A Funny Thing Happened... and I look forward to seeing him in Into the Woods. | |
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| re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson | |
| Posted by: | Delvino 06:58 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - Thom915 02:54 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| I had the same response exactly. It seems an odd career decision for such a young, gifted actor about to make an even bigger impression on the screen in an A-list film. And forgive my ignorance, but has he demonstrated this particular skill set? I only know his (wonderful) stage work. Is he a practiced stand-up, if not host? | |
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| re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson | |
| Posted by: | sf 08:11 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - Delvino 06:58 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| He hasn't done stand-up (that I know of), but he's hosted a panel show ("A League of Their Own") and a few awards shows and charity fundraisers on British TV, and done a sketch comedy show ("Horne and Corden" with Matthew Horne - it wasn't very good, for reasons that have more to do with the writing and direction than the performances). He's not a *bad* host, but as far as I'm concerned that kind of work is not where he's most at home. He *is* an effective comic writer, which seems to me to be part of the necessary skill set for hosting something like 'The Late Late Show', but his best work (so far) has been character-driven - at their best, 'Gavin and Stacey' and 'The Wrong Mans' are both very funny. | |
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| re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson | |
| Posted by: | sf 08:17 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - sf 08:11 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| ...hit send too soon. 'Gavin and Stacey' and 'The Wrong Mans' are both very funny, but they're sitcoms, and they do not particularly entail the kind of topical comedy you expect from a late-night host; "Horne and Corden" was closer to that kind of thing, but the writing (driven by the two stars, but other people participated as well) was the show's biggest liability (he has since said in interviews that he recognises that it wasn't good enough). With the right team around him, he could make something like 'The Late Late Show' work for him, I think - but it's not the most obvious step for him. | |
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| Don't you think that kills Funny Thing revival | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 03:41 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - Thom915 02:54 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| I doubt that he could do both. He probably has to sign a year broadway contract. | |
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| re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson | |
| Posted by: | lowwriter 03:10 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - Thom915 02:54 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| This does seem an odd career move but maybe he wants to get out of England? | |
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| re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson | |
| Posted by: | JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:39 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - lowwriter 03:10 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| He and his wife also have a young child, so it's also possible he wants a more regular schedule that will keep him in one place. And it probably doesn't hurt that he would likely have a lot of control over his schedule as well. If he were to do the broadcast from New York (I think Ferguson does it in LA), he might even be able to do a Broadway show concurrently, if he really wants to do it. But I agree...if the report is true, it's certainly an odd career move for someone who has only recently broken through to become a big time theatre star and seems on the verge of breaking big in film. I think he's already a pretty big name in television in the UK, thanks to GAVIN AND STACY, which he co-created and co-wrote as well as starred in. I also love his recurring (if twice can be considered recurring) character on DOCTOR WHO. | |
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| re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson | |
| Posted by: | KingSpeed 09:29 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - JereNYC 03:39 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| How on EARTH could he do a Broadway show too? Explain. | |
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| re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson | |
| Posted by: | KingSpeed 09:29 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| And I'm very sad about this. I was looking forward to his Forum. | |
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| How much does letterman and Leto get? | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 03:45 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: What a Great Choice: James Corden to Replace Craig Ferguson - JereNYC 03:39 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| Isn't in the 20-40m range? This would be a stepping stone to those gigs since he is very young. That's a solid yearly salary, unlike the movie industry where he probably wouldn't make more than a few million per movie. I don't see him as big as Adam Sadler or Jim Carey making those huge 8 digit pay checks. | |
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| re: How much does letterman and Leto get? | |
| Posted by: | mikem 06:12 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | How much does letterman and Leto get? - dramedy 03:45 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| It looks like Ferguson's estimated salary is around $12 million a year, which certainly makes his job seem attractive. I would agree that being a late night host is not the route to becoming a movie star (Neil Patrick Harris was offered the job and turned it down), but I'm not sure Corden wants to be a movie star. He's done a fair number of hosting gigs and other "personality" type stuff in the UK. I think he'd do well as a late night TV host. | |
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| re: How much does letterman and Leto get? | |
| Posted by: | NewsGuy 06:03 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | How much does letterman and Leto get? - dramedy 03:45 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| Letterman commands that kind of money because he's Letterman and also has his hand in a number of projects through his own production company. He is a silent producer in a lot of projects in the entertainment field, including theater. Corden would maybe see roughly $5 million to host the Late Late Show - if even that. It took years for Ferguson to build up to making more than $10 million. So yes, the money is better than broadway, not as good as if he was a major blockbuster film star, but if he was to host the show, it would definitely be a great steady income over a long period of time and would enable him to build a brand for himself and that's the trick right there. | |
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| Letterman theatre projects | |
| Posted by: | DistantDrumming 06:31 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | re: How much does letterman and Leto get? - NewsGuy 06:03 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| I didn't know Letterman invested in theatre productions. Assume this is not connected with Worldwide Pants, his tv/film production company? | |
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| re: Letterman theatre projects | |
| Posted by: | NewsGuy 09:14 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | Letterman theatre projects - DistantDrumming 06:31 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| What and exactly how - I honestly don't know - but he was just very forthcoming about it in the pits at the Indy 500. I've had the pleasure of a pit pass a few times and always run into him there - honestly - it's rather adorable - he is a *HUGE* Indy 500 fan, and has part ownership of a racing team, of course. He also tends to be one of those donors commonly listed as "anonymous." Someone in the pits asked him why he keeps it "anonymous" and he replied with "I put my name down and then it just becomes about my involvement, rather than what we're trying to do here." Fair enough. | |
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| What about Forum? | |
| Posted by: | gad90210 03:46 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
| In reply to: | How much does letterman and Leto get? - dramedy 03:45 pm EDT 08/05/14 |
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| So does this mean that Corden would be out of Forum? If so, I'm disappointed. | |
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