Rachel McAdams seems to be moving into America’s Sweetheart territory with her latest turn in “Morning Glory.” Paramount has released its first trailer for the upcoming comedy starring McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum and Patrick Wilson.
McAdams stars as Becky Fuller, a type-A overworked TV news producer, who after being fired is forced to take a position on a last-place morning show called “Daybreak” and turn the falling ratings around. Never the type to run from a challenge, Fuller decides to reach out and get former TV legend Mike Pomeroy (Ford) to join Colleen Peck (Keaton) to host the failing news program. Goldblum retains his cool as the all-knowing mentor producer and Wilson plays Adam Bennett, a fellow producer, whose burgeoning relationship with Fuller is tested when issues at work continue to interfere with their private life. Insert the standard “battle of the sexes” line of comedy, montages of being overworked and the inevitable “what am I doing here” crisis, all set to 2010’s version of “Suddenly I See” and you have “Morning Glory.”
Directed by Roger Michell (“Notting Hill”) and written by “The Devil Wears Prada” scribe Alison Brosh McKenna, the film unsurprisingly seems to deliver the 50/50 mix of career and relationship plot points. The film was originally set for a mid-summer release date, but was pushed back to November 12, 2010 sparking rumors of Paramount wanting to fill in the obligatory work/romantic comedy spot in the Oscar race with the flick. Hopefully the finished product finds itself closer to the genius of “Broadcast News” as opposed to a generic mess like “The Ugly Truth.” If this writer has learned anything from the trailer, it’s that you can’t go wrong with Keaton and Ford bickering a la “Anchorman” style. Check it out.