SO YOU HAVE TO BRING IT, THAT’S
FOR SURE.
>> Jason: THROW THE ACT II
BUTTER LOVERS POPCORN IN THE
MICROWAVE AND GET READY.
GREG RUSSELL JOINS US FROM HIS
HOME FOR REEL TALK.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Jason: ANOTHER MOVIE ALL
ABOUT ROMANCE AND IT STARS KATIE
HOLMES.
>> IT’S CALLED "THE SECRET DARE
TO DREAM."
AND IT’S MORE SO AN
INSPIRATIONAL STORY.
KATIE HOMES, JOSH LOOK CUSS AND
JERRY O’CONNELL.
SHE IS A WIDOW, THREE KIDS, I
MEAN JUST COMPLETELY DOWN ON HER
LUCK.
AND IT’S SOMETHING YOU SEE IN
THE TRAILER, SO IT’S NOT GIVING
ANYTHING AWAY.
A STORM HITS THE COMMUNITY AND A
TREE CRASHES THROUGH THE ROOF OF
HER HOME.
HE COMES AND HELPS GET THINGS
CLEANED UP.
BUT HE HAS A SECRET.
I TALKED TO JOSH ABOUT THE
MOVIE.
HE IS ONE OF THE MOST LAID BACK
INTERVIEWS, AND HE LET ME KNOW
WHAT MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY WAS
INSPIRATION FOR HIS CHARACTER.
>> I’M DOWN HERE IN MY BASEMENT
WHERE I SPENT MORE TIME OVER THE
PAST 4 MONTHS THAN I HAVE IN THE
PAST 27 YEARS I’VE OPENED THE
HOUSE.
SO IT’S JUST BEING HERE.
BUT THIS IS WHERE I WATCHED YOUR
MOVIE.
VERY INSPIRING, VERY MOVING.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT HERE’S YOUR
GUY, HE HAPPENS UPON THIS FAMILY
WHO NEEDED SOME HELP, AND HE
KNEW HOW TO DO EVERYTHING, WHICH
WAS GREAT.
>> LOOK, THAT’S EXACTLY HOW I AM
IN MY LIFE.
[LAUGHTER]
I SHOW UP AND KNOW HOW TO DO
EVERYTHING.
[LAUGHTER]
NO, LOOK, HE’S A FASCINATING
CHARACTER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE
IS INTERESTINGLY COMPLEX IN THAT
HE’S GONE THROUGH VERY DIFFICULT
TIMES, AND HE’S SOMEBODY WHO
TRULY BELIEVES, AS DO I, IN THE
POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING AND
IN THE LAW OF ATTRACTION.
I THINK HE BELIEVES INHERENTLY
IN BEING GOOD.
HE REMINDED ME A LOT OF MY
GRANDFATHER.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A MAN WHO
COUNSELLED THE DYING HIS WHOLE
LIFE.
HE WAS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER,
NEVER MADE ANY MONEY BUT HE
LOVED TO HELP PEOPLE.
THAT WAS HIS WHOLE -- AND FOR
TRULY NO BENEFIT OF HIS OWN, IT
WOULD ALWAYSEN IT MADE HIM FEEL
GOOD.
HE IMPARTED THAT IN MY FAMILY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY FELT
A REAL CONNECTION TO HIM THAT
WAY.
>> Jason: HE’S SOUNDING BIKE
HEATER COYOTE MORE AND MORE
EVERY DAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I GIVE IT A SOLID 3 AND GOING
UP.
WITH ALL THE STUFF A LOT OF
FOLKS ARE GOING THROUGH, YOU
WATCH A MOVIE LIKE THERE, AND IT
GIVES YOU INSPIRATION.
NOT TO GIVE ANYTHING AWAY.
AS YOU SEE THE MOVIE PROGRESS,
IT’S LIKE, OKAY, THERE’S A LIGHT
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
AND HOPEFULLY IT’S OUT THERE FOR
ALL OF US.
>> Jason: WOULD IT BE AT HOME ON
A HALLMARK MOVIE MARATHON ON A
SUNDAY?
>> RIGHT.
AND I’M GLAD YOU PICTURE
HALLMARK MOVIE.
YEAH, DEFINITELY.
>> Jason: AND WE HAD YOU EARLIER
THIS WEEK AND TALKED ABOUT THE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AMC AND
UNIVERSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW FIRST
RUN MOVIES TO BE RELEASED TO
STREAMING WITHIN A COUPLE OF
WEEKS INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT FEW
MONTHS IT TAKES TO GO FROM BEING
ON THE MARQUEE TO BEING ON YOUR
TV.
GIVE US YOUR TAKE ON THAT.
WHAT’S YOUR HOT TAKE?
>> I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
EVEN IF THE THEATERS OPEN UP,
THEY’RE NOT GONNA BE FILLED AS
FAR AS SELLING OUT, LIKE THAT.
SO GET ’EM IN THERE FOR AS LONG
AS YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL GO AND
SEE IT, AND TWO WEEKS LATER, PUT
IT OUT THERE FOR STREAMING
BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU STILL MAKE
YOUR MONEY.
BECAUSE AN EXAMPLE, LIKE THE
MOVIE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, HAD
A BUDGET OF $21 MILLION, WHICH
AS YOU KNOW BY MOVIE STANDARDS,
THAT’S LOW.
BUT THEY WANNA MAKE THEIR $21
MILLION BACK
SO WHATEVER YOU CAN GET IT OUT
THERE AND IN THE HOMES, THAT’S
GREAT.
>> Jason: THERE’S A PROFIT SPLIT
BETWEEN THE EXHIBITORS AND THE
MAKERS OF THE MOVIES, RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY PAY TO GET THE MOVIES IN,
AND THEN THEY ALSO MAKE THE
MAJORITY OF THEIR MONEY ON
CONCESSIONS.
AND THE TICKETS AND ALL.
BUT, YEAH, THEY’VE GOT THAT NICE
LITTLE SPLIT THING GOING.
SO THEY WANT MORE PEOPLE INTO
THE THEATERS BECAUSE, FOR AN
EXAMPLES, THERE WAS A MOVIE I
WAS SUPPOSED TO SEE IN THEATERS
AND IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE PUSHED
BACK BECAUSE IT WON’T ATTRACT A
CROWD.
>> Jason: THEY CAN LEAVE THEM ON
THE SHELF FOR A LONG TIME.
THEY DID THAT WITH A KIRSTEN