Oh boy, James Corden and Tom Cruise are doing Lion King for the final Late Late Show
James Corden and Tom Cruise will reunite for one final performance on CBS' primetime special, The Last Last Late Late Show
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If there’s one image to sum up the eight years of The Late Late Show With James Corden, it’s… Tom Cruise in a Pumbaa costume? Well, it’s not precisely what one would expect from Tom Cruise, nor is it exactly how one would guess the Late Late Show would come to a close, but it does make a sort of sense for James Corden, so why not?
Cruise’s Lion King debut will occur during a primetime special, The Last Last Late Late Show, to air ahead of Corden’s final episode on April 27, according to Variety. The concept is a marriage of two common bits from Corden’s tenure on the show: having celebs perform musicals on the fly, and having Tom Cruise do stunts. Usually, the stunts are more of the classic Cruise death-defying variety, but performing The Lion King at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater is a sort of stunt, in its own way.
It’s an auspicious finale for a late-night talk show whose most enduring legacy may be stopping LA traffic to perform “Let’s Get Loud” with the cast of 2021’s Cinderella. Per Variety, there’ll be more details in the coming weeks about the big special as well as the guests who will be joining the show for Corden’s final episodes. Place your bets now: a “Carpool Karaoke” supercut? Acting out another Oscar winner’s filmography? A visit from bestie Harry Styles? (Hell, if anyone could get a One Direction reunion going, it’s Corden and his executive producer Ben Winston, who worked closely with the band back in the day. Free idea for you!)
The Last Last Late Late Show is indeed an accurate title, as the talk show is set to be replaced by a new incarnation of @midnight. That makes Corden the final host of the show which was previously helmed by Tom Snyder, Craig Kilborn, and Craig Ferguson. Corden is putting the long-running late-night series to rest on a high note by duetting “Hakuna Matata” with this generation’s foremost action star, something audiences are no doubt clamoring to see. April can’t come fast enough!
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Tom Cruise finally embraces his inner furry.
Too easy.
God , I cant explain why but I absolutely loath Corden , I mean I have since he was on UK TV , there’s just something about him that makes me want to punch the screen. Thankfully it turns out he’s an awful ‘do you know how I am??” self important prick in real life ,so that helps.
His shows post-pandemic in which he spends most of the time just shooting the breeze with his crew are genuinely delightful. If you don’t like him I’m guessing you haven’t seen these episodes.
So did he actually have to figure out who they are and maybe even learn their names? Seeing Jimmy Kimmel stump him with “Name any 2 cameramen in this room” when he was on doing that truth-or-dare bit with the gross food pretty much showed you who Corden is.
Maybe that taught him a lesson because his crew and band often outshine him humorwise and he seems to relish it
He addresses them by their names every time. Maybe watch the thing you’re attempting to criticize.
Yeah, if you don’t like him you just heard the dozens of other stories about what an absolute POS he is, and are not paying attention to how he is when the camera is on him.
It was for exactly that reason that I started watching. Now I find myself thinking, I’m going to miss Ian Karmel, I’ll miss his surly writer, and I will really REALLY miss Reggie and the band. The people who surround Corden will disappear from my late night viewing and I will really miss them
We are still in a global pandemic, sweaty
To be honest, The Late Late Show died when Craig Ferguson left.
I have potentially good news!https://www.etonline.com/craig-ferguson-is-planning-a-return-to-late-night-tv-shopping-around-new-show-197546And in case that link breaks, just google “Channel Surf Craig Ferguson.”
You better not be playing us!!!
Agreed. I miss him so much.
The best late night host.
This is not the sequel to Eyes Wide Shut that I was anticipating.
Well, this just sounds…awful.
This show is still on?
Dante tacked on another circle to the Inferno just for the occasion.
The snarky headlines beginning with “Oh boy” or “Oh brother” are reason #385937105 why the modern AV Club is so fucking insufferable.