ART NEAR THE FUTURE. SOUTHWEST GREENWAY. THE GARAGE IS SET TO BE OPEN LATER THIS YEAR. ALRIGHT
WE HAVE REACHED THAT POINT IN
THE WEEK WHERE WE LOOK AT
BURBLING POPCORN, WHICH THERE
WAS NO BUTTER, MORE BUTTER ON
THERE. CHRIS EVANS, MELISSA
MCCARTHY, BRIAN PRINCETON AND
ANNETTE BENNING ALL HAVE NEW
PROJECTS OUT TO DISCUSS IN REAL
TALK IS AN R E L. GREG RUSSELL
IS THE MAN WITH ALL THE
INFORMATION AND INTERVIEWS. GOOD
MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU TO SEE
YOU. AS ALWAYS. LET’S START WITH
LIGHT YEAR. THE NEW PIXAR MOVIE
THAT HAS CHRIS EVANS TAKING OVER
THE VOICE OF BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, AND
I’M JUST GONNA TELL YOU OUT OF
THE GATE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVER
SINCE I WAS A KID LIKE SO
THERE’D BE A MOVE. BE RIGHT.
THERE WOULD BE THE VOICE OF THE
ANIMATED CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE.
THEN THEY WOULD TURN IT INTO A
TV SHOW AND CHEAP OUT AND JUST
GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO THE
RIGHT ME SO MUCH WHEN I WAS A
KID, DOES IT HAPPEN WITH THIS?
IT DOES. I MEAN, JUST BE
STRAIGHT OUT WITH IT. YOU’RE SO
YOU’RE STEERING TIM ALLEN’S
VOICE COMING OUT OF THIS
CHARACTER. YES, IN THE
BEGINNING, IT’S ALMOST LIKE OKAY
, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY
EVERYBODY KNOWS CHRIS EVANS, BUT
IT’S LIKE WHAT WAS IT WAS IT WAS
LIKE TIM? NO HE SOUNDS LIKE
HIMSELF. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT’S
JUST GOOD HEAVENS, RIGHT? SO
THAT WAS KIND OF THE ONE THING.
I SAW IT WITH A BUNCH OF KIDS.
THE KIDS ALL ENJOYED IT. PARENTS
WERE SAYING WE ENJOYED IT, BUT
THEY MISSED THE VOICE. ALRIGHT,
LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLIP.
LOOK FEATHER FEATHER RINGS
FEATHER. IT’S A FEATHERING
INSTANCE, SIR. LOOK, ROOKIE
FIRST, YOU WILL NOT SPEAK UNLESS
SPOKEN TO STILL TALKING SECOND
RESPECT THE SUIT. THIS SUIT
MEANS SOMETHING. IT’S NOT JUST
PROTECTING YOUR BODY. IT’S
PROTECTING THE UNIVERSE. THIS
SUIT IS A PROMISE TO THE WORLD
THAT YOU AND YOU ALONE WILL DO
ONE THING ABOVE ALL FINISH THE
MISSION. NO MATTER THE COST. YOU
WILL NEVER QUIT. WHATEVER THE
GALAXY MAY THROW YOUR WAY, WILL
YOU PLEASE TURN THAT OFF? IT’S
JUST TOO EASY MOCKING ME, AREN’T
YOU? YEAH. OKAY SO OBVIOUSLY
HE’S IMITATING TIM ALLEN THERE
BECAUSE TOMORROW AND SAID YOU’RE
MOCKING ME. AREN’T YOU IN THE
ORIGINAL TOY STORY? I’M SORRY.
I’M I’M COMPLETELY TAKEN OUT OF
IT BY THE VOICE, ESPECIALLY LIKE
YOU SAID EVERYBODY WHO GREW UP,
YOU KNOW AND WATCH THE
ORIGINALS. BUT NOW THE LITTLE
KIDS WHO HAS MADE FOR YOU KNOW,
I DON’T KNOW VOICES. THEY DON’T
KNOW, RIGHT? LIKE ME, IN WHICH
CASE YOU’RE LIKE, SIX YEARS OLD,
AND YOU’RE LIKE THAT’S NOT BUZZ
LIKE YOURS VOICE. TOM. ANY REAL
BLANK? WHAT THE HECK, EXACTLY
LIKE WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT.
IT’S A KIDS FOR BECAUSE IT IS A
KIDS MOVIE, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN
THE HUMOR SOMETIMES THEY’LL
THROW IN SOMETHING FOR GROWNUPS.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. IS IT A NOW
WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
BUT LIKE PIXAR, PIXAR, PIXAR.
INSIDE OUT, DESTROYED ME AS AN
ADULT. YOU KNOW, I WAS THE
WATERWORKS WERE DOING THE WHOLE
THING. UM BUT DO YOU SAY THIS IS
A KIDS MOVIE? BECAUSE I MEAN,
IT’S ALL THE HUMOROUS KIDS STYLE
. I MEAN, THERE’S LITTLE SNEAK
IN UP THERE IN THE 1ST 10
MINUTES OF MOVIE. THE WIFE DIES
AND NO, NOTHING LIKE THAT. WELL,
THERE’S SOME THINGS, BUT IT’S
KIND OF LIKE ALL NATURAL SO
NOTHING. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE
A NEW MOVIE BASED ON THE REAL
LIFE STORY OF A COUPLE FROM
MICHIGAN. THAT’S JERRY AND MARGE
. GO LARGE. I LOVE THIS PLOT. IT
IS SO GOOD AND LIKE BASED OFF OF
A TRUE STORY ABOUT MICHIGAN
COUPLE NEAR BATTLE CREEK. WHO
THE HUSBAND JERRY FIGURED OUT
HOW TO MANIPULATE THE LOTTERY IS
HILARIOUS. ANYWAY GOOD MONEY.
AND YES, WE’VE GOT TO TALK TO
BRYAN CRANSTON AND ANNETTE
BENNING ABOUT IT. AND HERE WE
GO. AFTER READING THE SCRIPT. I
MEAN, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ALMOST
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT
SOMEONE WOULD HAVE JUST MADE UP
BECAUSE IT’S JUST SUCH A THAT
TYPE OF STORY. I COULDN’T
IMAGINE READING AND FINDING OUT
THIS WAS BASED OFF OF A TRUE
THING THAT HAPPENED. YES YES.
AND YOU KNOW WHEN I RECOUNT THE
STORY TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF
WHAT IS COMING UP, AND I TELL
THEM THE STORY, AND I SAID, THIS
IS BASED ON A TRUE STOR AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN ELEVATES IT AS IT
HAPPENED, IT REALLY HAPPENED.
IT’S LIKE YEP, IT REALLY
HAPPENED. AND THERE’S JUST, YOU
KNOW, UH, IF JUST FEELS MORE
AUTHENTIC. WHEN YOU WHEN YOU
TELL THAT STORY THAT THAT THIS
REALLY HAPPENED, AND IT IT
ENHANCED THEIR LIVES, IT
ENHANCED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN
EVERETT, MICHIGAN, AND IT WAS,
IT’S JUST A FEEL GOOD STORY. AND
UH, THAT’S WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
COMING OUT OF COVID IS TO DO
SOMETHING THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD
WHILE SHOOTING IT AND ALSO THEN
THE END RESULT. IT JUST LIFTS
THE SPIRIT. IT’S NOT GOING TO
SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS IN OUR
SOCIETY, BUT IT’S A WONDERFUL
LITTLE DISTRACTION. IT IS
REMARKABLE HOW MARGE, UH, LEFT
IN BECAUSE MARGE IS AN
EXTREMELY, UM LOVING, ORGANIZED
WOMAN WHO RAN THE HOUSEHOLD WHO
RAISED SIX KIDS AND ALWAYS
SUPPORTED JERRY IN WHAT HE WAS
DOING, BUT THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT
OUT OF THEIR WHEELHOUSE, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THEY WERE DOING
SOMETHING THAT WAS KIND OF WILD
, YOU KNOW, THEY GET IN THE
TRUCK AND DRIVE TO MASSACHUSETTS
AND THIS WAS EVERY THREE WEEKS
FOR 10 YEARS. I LOVE THE STORY,
YOU KNOW, AND I REMEMBER BEING A
NEW ENGLAND STORY RIGHT?
MICHIGAN STORY, BUT THE CRAZY
THING IS THAT WE’RE THE WE’RE
THE LOTTERY STATION LOGO FOR
THERE’S LIKE, YEAH, WE HAVE A
CAGE BACK HERE WHERE THEY KEEP
THE BALLS YOU KNOW, AND ALL THAT
STUFF. IT’S ALL LOCKED UP, AND
IT’S VERY, VERY SECRETIVE, IN
OUR FACT THAT THEY FIGURED OUT A
WAY TO GAME THE SYSTEM. I MEAN,
IT WAS LEGAL TO. IT WAS A DEAL
WHERE THE MORE TICKETS YOU BUY,
THE BETTER. YOUR CHANCES ARE OF
WINNING. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT
1000 TICKETS RIGHT? THERE’S GOT
TO BE A WINNER IN THERE SOMEHOW.
SO IT’S GOOD. HOW MANY REAL
DEFINITE FOR THIS ONE. AND ALSO
LIKE I SAID, IS IT A 4.5? OKAY,
WE’LL MAKE IT A 4.5 DEALS WITH
MICHIGAN. WHY NOT? THERE YOU GO
, AND ALSO KELLOGG’S IS FEATURED
IN IT, SO YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A
MOVIE CALLED THE HOUSE. AND
THERE’S ANOTHER MOVIE CALLED
LUCKY NUMBERS. I COULD GO ON NOW
TO A NEW SERIES ON NETFLIX THAT
STARTS THE HILARIOUS COUPLE,
MELISSA MCCARTHY AND BEN FALCONE
. IT’S CALLED GOD’S FAVORITE
IDIOTS. YOU HAVE AN INTERVIEW?
YES, I DO. LOOK AT THAT. WHEN I
FIRST SAW THE TITLE OF THIS SHOW
, I’M THINKING SOMEBODY’S
FINALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT
PEOPLE. I KNOW. UH RIGHT, BUT
IT’S A WHOLE INTERESTING CONCEPT
NOW, BEN, I KNOW YOU CAME UP
WITH THIS. WHERE DID IT ALL COME
FROM? WELL YOU KNOW, I WROTE A
BOOK ABOUT IT IN MY TWENTIES,
UH, WITH THE SAME TITLE, IT
DIDN’T SHARE A LOT OF
CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE SHOW,
BUT IT WAS ALWAYS AN IDEA THAT
FEATURED A CHARACTER WHO WAS,
YOU KNOW, SORT OF CHOSEN BY GOD
AND UNLIKELY PERSON TO BE CHOSEN
, AND I WAS TALKING TO MELISSA
ABOUT IT THREE YEARS AGO, RIGHT
? MHM I ALWAYS LOVED IT. I
ALWAYS LOVED THE CONCEPT OF IF
GOD WERE TO CHOOSE SOMEBODY,
WOULD IT BE SOMEBODY SPECTACULAR
, AND THE IDEA OF THAT NO ONE
WOULD PROBABLY BE JUST AN
INCREDIBLY KIND. KIND OF LIKE
UNDERSTATED PERSON. AND I SAID,
ISN’T THAT INTERESTING? BECAUSE
THEN IF YOU WOULD TELL SOMEONE
I’VE BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD, WHO
WOULD BELIEVE YOU AND RIGHT
THERE? IT’S LIKE THERE’S
CONFLICT IN COMEDY JUST BUILT
INTO EVERY EVERY KIND OF EVERY
WAY YOU CAN. SLICE THAT IT’S IN
THERE. IT’S BUILT INTO THE
RECIPE. ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT’S
A COMEDY, BUT YEAH, YOU WATCH
IT, AND IT DOES KIND OF LIKE,
OPEN YOUR EYES ON A LOT OF
DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I ALSO
LOVE WHAT THERE’S SO MUCH.
THERE’S SO MUCH NEGATIVITY IN
THE WORLD THAT WE JUST WERE
ALWAYS JUST TRYING TO PUT A
LITTLE MORE COMEDY, AND I THINK
WITH WHAT BEN WROTE WITH THIS
ONE, ESPECIALLY IT’S ALWAYS GOOD
WHEN YOU CAN LAUGH AND ALSO TAKE
IT. TAKE A LOOK AND BE LIKE I
LOVE THE CONCEPT WHEN GOD SAYS
IN THIS THAT, YOU KNOW
EVERYBODY’S FOR THE MOST PART.
EVERYBODY IS RIGHT AND
EVERYBODY’S WRONG. SO JUST, YOU
KNOW IF WE COULD JUST ALL KIND
OF AGREED TO THAT BOY RESPECTFUL
AND DON’T YOU KNOW, DO HARM. I
THINK IT’S ME. ALL RIGHT. WHAT
DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? IT’S
ONE OF THOSE WHERE IT BY BEING A
SERIES. THERE’S SOME EPISODES
THAT ARE GOOD, SOME THAT ARE
JUST YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOW, SO
IT’S ALMOST LIKE A SOMEWHAT A
HIT OR MISS. BUT YOU KNOW IT’S
THEM AND THEY’RE FUNNY. ALRIGHT,
WELL, WE’RE INTO OVERTIME, SO I
GOTTA RUN, GREG. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALWAYS A