and josh gad will be joining me shortly.ll the way back home. >> that would be over some water. >> that would be nice. >> too bad. >> thank you, al. >> they haven't created -- they have not crow created the submarine simplon express yet. >> one day. >> we'll check back with you. and he has josh. that's cool. >> i love josh gad. >>> yesterday, a lot of you on the facebook page saying it was like girl talk yesterday. it was like therapeutic for everybody. >> we felt like we were just chatting. >> we forgot the cameras were there at some point. >> and you know what it reminded me of? do you remember the game from the '80s called girl talk. >> is that how the song went? ♪ >> play to win. they're playing girl talk. >> who is more sophisticated. >> the game of truth or dare. >> can i tell you something? >> did you see the boy in that? that was the kind of kid i had a crush on. >> his name was chad or brad. >> what's funny, i would beg my mom for this game. my other friends had it. i never had it. >> i never had it. >> i didn't hav

in cool. >> not to get tood into weeds this was josh gad's first time on the actual train too like for it was awesome. so cool. >> so cool. >> so, "guardians of the galaxy vol. 2" is opening up today. >> i can't wait. >> i'm getting ready to go downstairs but "guardians of the galaxy vol. 2" is opening up. james gun is back to direct the film. this is a sequel to the highly successful first film which made $773 million worldwide at the box office. this one is a lot more emotional. curt russell is playing star-lord's father. couple cool notes though. vin diesel is still doing the voice of baby groot. he does it a little more high pitched obviously. he only works for one day. all he is saying is i am groot. bradley cooper voicing rocket. his brother is playing that character onset. the film is very strong as a sequel not as great as the original. beginning is amazing. end amazing the middle drags a little bit unfortunately. there's a lot of scenes characters are having life changing events at one time all over the place. it just to me it was a little bit excessive. the soundtrack is grea

the musical's costar josh gad giving us the scoop on the rumored sequel. -- you can't do a sequel to this -- >> "beauty and the beasts?" "beauty and the fantastic beasts and other magical free sures?" >> "beauty and the beasts you didn't know about?" >> "beauty to beast?" i don't know. >> i would love to see a sequel but i don't see it happening. and i'm bummed about it. >> this is hollywood. anything can happen. >> exactly. i'm not giving up hope. >> see you in a boat. >>> moving on to the race to erase ms. presented kathy griffin telling us all about her babysitting side hustle for her famous neighbors, the wests. >> so, yes, i live next door to kim and kanye. a week ago, my mom is going to turn 97 next month, was just feeling like, a little down. i text kim kardashian and i said i don't know if you're even in the country, but i need two babies right now. she was like, i'm on it. >> enter north and saint west. the race to erase presenter confessing kim's kids saved the day. >> half hour later, they come over. my mom just lights up. she gets in her grandm

i'm joined we any friend josh gad.n a moving train. it doesn't ge [ speaking italian ] . >> you speak english? >> yeah. >> in fact, speaking of weather, let's show you the weather along our trip where we're making history for the first live trip on the orient express. we'll be pulling into the alps later today. we may see rain and snow. and tonight we go to switzerland. josh and i are neutral about that. we don't have a feeling act it one way or another. partly cloudy. i'm sorry. and then tomorrow morning we pull into france. >> so excited. it's amazing. i feel like every different area that we go into, we should speak in that unique accent. >> or do bad accents. >> and we'll be mime. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good wednesday morning. a little cool out this morning to start your day. plenty of sunshine. 62 degrees. a breezy northwest wind. you can expect it to continue this afternoon. 58 dulles. 59 frederick. through the day about 10 degrees cooler t

our next guest got his start replacing josh gad in the book of mormon on broadway.welcome jon bass. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: they couldn't find a grapefruit. this would be better for me than a grapefruit anyway. [ laughter ] >> that's about my size too. >> jimmy: have you heard of that thing? >> no. >> jimmy: no, yeah. >> no. i've stuck it in some weird things though. >> jimmy: in the movie, in your character in the movie, gets it caught in a beach chair. >> yeah, in a beach chair, yeah. >> jimmy: was that in the script? do you know that's going to be part of when it you audition? >> yes, jimmy. >> jimmy: you did? you read the whole script? >> i read the whole script, i know all my parts. yeah. they told me that was going to happen. and i'm shocked that it actually did. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: why were you shock the it actually did? >> well -- i imagine at some point someone would go, you know, maybe this is a little too insane for "baywatch." >> jimmy: they didn't have anything like that on the television series. >> no. >> jimmy: as far as i

josh gad what will he few from beauty and the beast. olaf from frozen i sat with him on his train.e orient express to the screen. obviously based on the agatha christie novel from '34 made into a movie in 74 as well. we're on the train talking about he was they cree recrated the train for the movie. >> the train was on like a gym bell. so it moved almost how they shoot like star trek where it would move the motion of the train was captured on screen. not only for the authenticity of, you know, the look but for the actors to sort of feel that. in terms of what we saw, you're looking at it. they had shot i believe -- >> oh, my god. >> -- like ten to 20 hours i could be wrong ten to 20 hours of footage on the back front and sides of a train and so they these unbelievable high definition tv'. >> oh, my god! >> like dozens and dozens of them, and obviously these were the projection of these images and so this is what it felt l like. >> really cool they go to great represents to create that for actors. i was at a q and a in license don judy d. ench said at the q and a i asked the same qu

i'm over here for the fox remake with johnny depp, josh gad, kenneth bran in a, daisy ridly from starng out about because been looking at videos and online and everything. this train is so classic and so iconic. probably because of the book. but it really is an honor to be here i'm traveling from venice i'll be going through the swiss alps in austria, the paris and paris to london for the alien could have van interview as well. it's kind of one of those trips i'm just like how am i even here? this is very weird. >> we were wondering the same thing, yeah. [ laughter ] >> we were wondering why aren't we there with you? >> right. >> i know. i know. here's the thing. i tookff i flew to frankfurt and then i flew to venice just got in about couple hours ago. i'm trying to get the wi-fi situated i should be able to go live with you guys on skype around 9:40 but if you want to see some of the videos i was able to post some of them on instagram. i have an instagram story. some of the videos made it up there. >> you're taking the train tomorrow. what are you going to do today in venice? >> work

this is my tuxedo for dinner tonight its a really, really cool event and i already interviewed josh gadknow him as olaf from frozen. now, earlier today we had an amazing lunch with a gentleman named matthew pritchard who is the grandson of agatha christie who wrote the 1934 famous novel that this train inspired so we're going to have more on this coming up when i get to london tomorrow, which is the day you're watching this on thursday so i'm speaking to you from the past, you're watching this in the future i guess i'm going to be getting to london going to say alien covenant which is the new alien film. friday i'm going to panel with pretty much the entire cast of murder on the orient express including judy dench as well as daisy ridley josh gad kenneth brenner the filmmaker and back to you guys in the studio. i miss you all very much and i can't wait to he sao you guys monday -- see you guys monday morning. >> how much s is a ticket on the orient express. >> it's several thousand miles per leg of the trip. >> as fans as it looks. >> kevin is getting it and showing all of us. >> he's i

josh gad plays playing the character made by anthony perkins from psycho.ain together. this was josh's first time on train even though he filmed an entire movie about it i wanted to know the behind of scenes how they made the actors feel like they were riding a real train. watch this. >> the train was on like a gym bell. show it move almost how they shoot like star trek, where it would move the motion of the train was captured on screen. not only for the authenticity of, you know, the look but for the actors to sort of feel that. in terms of what we saw, you're looking at it. they had shot i believe -- oh, my god. >> -- i want to 12 hours i could be wrong like to 20 hours footage on the back front and sides of a train and so they had these unbelievable high definition tv'. >> oh my god! >> like dozens and dozens of them and obviously these were the projection of these images and so this is what it felt l like. >> what's ironic about that is we are really ride ago train. >> it looks fake. >> it looks fake. [ laughter ] >> exactly. >> we were literally going

and josh gad said guess what covfefe is the name of the villain in "frozen 2."ot of people thought it would be the word of the national spelling bee. probably not. probably just a typo but who knows. >>> overnight, kathy griffin is apologizing for the way she despiced president trump. griffin had a bloody decapitated head that looked like the president. we're not going to show you pictures. here's what she's saying. >> i asked for forgiveness. i'm going to ask the photographers to take down the image. i'm asking for y i am sorry. >> people reacted from outrage. people from both sides of the political spectrum, if you will. chelsea clinton said it was vile and never okay to joke about killing a president. donald trump jr. called photos disgusting. there are also indications that the secret service. and saying those that it protects receive the highest priority. >>> and the roads that we're talking about this morning. >> to melissa mollet with traffic. >> good morning, this breaking news out of arlington. again, this is glebe road. darcy spencer out there on the s

she was somehow in the background. >> good job, kev. >> the crazy thing about the train yesterday, josh gade plays the original part that anthony perkins played in the '70s version. ingrid bergman was in that film, lauren ba cal, sean connery tonight i'm freaking out i haven't slept -- i'm losing my voice i'm trying to drink hot tea i'm going to see alien covenant the premier tonight sir ridley scott will be here. daisy -- tomorrow, god i'm so add but tomorrow i'm going to be sitting in panels all day with daisy ridley, judy den much, kenneth bran in a, matthew vaughn it's insane to have a movie fan to have all this contents. >> let that all marinate. we unfortunately we have back to news right now. enjoy it for the rest of us. living the dream my friend and we're so happy for you all of your travels. >> take lots of pictures. >> i will. >> kev, we got to go. >> i'm sorry buddy we got to go. we have news we have to get to right now. >> ♪ >> it's breaking news more on that escaped convict as you see them coming to the podium officials now offering more information about where he was captured

i interviewed josh gad earlier today.erkins played in the '70's version. eighty three today we had an amazing lunch with matthew pritchard hoot grandson of agatha christie that this train inspired. more on this coming up when i get to to london tomorrow which is the day you're watching this on thursday. i'm speaking to you from the past you're watching this in the future i guess. i'm going to be getting to london going to see alien covenant the new alien film. and t panel with pretty much the entire cast of murder on the orient express including judy den much and daisy ridley, josh gad, the film maker and more. back to you guys in the studio. i love you so much. i miss you all very much and i can't wait to see you monday morning. back to you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. two become one. then you're a couple. think of all you'll share... like snoring. does your bed do that? the dual adjustability of a sleep number be

josh gad took the stage as welly. >> moving on. i need a belle. come in. coincidence? ladies and gentlemen, rebel wilson as -- >> this made me laugh. >> ♪ >> now, i'm i think it's adam devine. by the way that tree due went i. i think he was a terrible host. >> way too long. the bits didn't work. i don't think he did a great job as the host. emma watson -- it was a historical win for what this particular award meant. it was a gender neutral award and this is her explaining why this is important. this is emma watson accepting the best actor award last night at mtv's movie and tv award show. watch this. >> the first acting award in history that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something -- [cheers and applause] >>> -- about how we -- about how we perceive the human experience. mtv's move to create a genderless award for acting will mean something different to everyone. but to me, it indicates that acting is about the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes and that doesn't -- >> one of the best moments of the night was the speech that

the train serving as a backdrop for a movie starring josh gad who joined me on an incredible journey.the architecture, and of course, the boats. and a little dancing in the streets. after a quick bit of site seeing, it was time to board. >> welcome to the orient express. >> thank you so much. all aboard. >> here's a first. we are in the cab, the locomotive of the venice orient express. yeah. the world's biggest toy train set. the 20 -hour journey takes us from venice to paris in old school style. we are in one of three dining cars. these are refurbished cars. 1929 this was built, and we're here to talk about some of the great movies of all time "murder on the orient express". the murder mystery put on display the of the train. >> the murder was afoot. >> reporter: this is my compartment. i spent my leisure time here. this couch turns into a bed. this is my writing desk where i keep and write all my notes because that's what we do in the 1930s. and of course, here is my sink so i may take care of my toilet in the morning. at a stop in austria, josh and i popped off for a chat. the murd

we had a terrific the new movie with josh gad "murder on the orient express".om the 1920s, 30s and 50s. at night everybody had to wear formal wear. we were in the bar car singing. our entire crew -- this was a technological marvel. they've never done a live broadcast from a moving train on the venice orient express. this was a first. we had a very small crew, but they did great stuff. it was magic. >> i can't wait to see the movie. it's a great idea to do this. >> yes. >> and you look to -- >> and we pulled in to paris this morning at 7:25, and we've had just -- a little bit of rain, but it's clearing off now. >> he's li >> you looked very dapper in the white dinner jacket, too. >> thank you. i felt very james bond. having a drink on a moving train. it was fantastic. i will tell you we lost a couple of our crew members. there's julian next to tracy, and julian, let's just say he came out of his sleeping compartment as he came into the world. and none of us will ever forget it. >> crying? crawling? >> crying? >> i'm just saying. >> too much alcohol. >> he was we

but will she be josh gad's murder victim? >> this is the time that someone gets murdered!e insider." tracking hollywood from the inside out. >> can "american idol's" rumored return work without ryan seacrest? not if abc has anything to say about it. >> well, buzz is building that ryan's new network is close to securing a deal with "idol." but with ryan's crazy "live" schedule, could he pull it off? tracking at number one, the seacrest factor. >> ryan is so familiar because i have three teenagers in our house. >> this is "american idol." here we go! >> it's almost like they were nonrea

the classic '70's film with sean connery as you're watching this video i am currently interviewing josh gad in other movie news this week, guardian of the galaxy volume two finally opening this friday i'm geeking out about that and i sat down with one of the most legendary actors of all time kurt russell. >> all right. i really between see snake join the guardians of the gallon lack see. what do you think he would do in that group? >> unfortunfortunately snake cod careless. >> l[ laughter ] >> about any of them or who they are. he wants to get further away from the gallon lack see, right? [ laughter ] >> might want to steal one of their space ships and try to figure out how to run the thing. ram night a planet and get rid of himself. he's a different guy. >> someone called john carpenter right now and get -- [ laughter ] >> cross over. >> you know years ago, i did think that it would be -- then nobody would listen to me i thought it would be great to sort of take a bunch of the characters that guys -- that like bruce willis and stallone and schwarzenegger and whatever -- >> john mcleans. >>

. >>> also in "pop news" this morning, josh gad, one of our all-time favorite guests here on "good morningy? he really -- come back soon, please. but he's showing his versatility as an actor now after playing the halless lefou in "beauty and the beast," next up for him he'll tackle truman capote. a film called "party of the century" about his legendary black and while in 196 as the best party ever. it was a star-studded affair at the plaza honoring "the washington post" editor katharine graham including comblor ya vanderbilt, andy w warh warhol, anybody who was anybody was there. filming of "party of the century" starts later this year, josh, we wish you the best. >> i can see that. i can see that. >> i bet you can see this too, close your eyes. who is ready for a pop tail? getting warm out, robin. a poptail, everybody. this is a real thing, excited to share this with you. a new york based company has concocted frosty tipsy tubes for adults only. they come in -- priced around $4 and $5 a piece depending on the poptail. there are 13 different flavors including rum punch, pina imagine a froz

so i'll have more from that coming up plus my interview with josh gad next week that we did actuallyans of the galaxy. >> no, i have. we all have because the first one was so crazy successful. >> yeah. steve, you're so right. the first one made $773 million worldwide. i don't think anybody saw that coming. it was gigantic james gun directing it put chris pratt on the map it was already in parks and rec but solidified him as a list actor he's really a big star now. this particular film dives more into the emotional past of chris pratt's character star lord. the original basically a group of unlikely heroes who were teamed up together to save the galaxy raccoon talking tree named groot. you had zoey sal don know we'll have on our show at 9:40 today. the cool thing this time we kind of deal with his past. we meet his father played by kurt russell and there's emotional depth to his movie that wasn't really in the first one but i will say this. in the first one to me it was more fun, you know, it was more surprising. i liked this sequel a lot. i think it delivers a very satisfying sequel

and in the middle of my stand up that i was doing in the middle of the airport, josh gad and al rokerd this is what happens. okay. never mine. i was in the middle of the airport and i was basically just doing this live shot gad the actor from murder on the orient express walked by. and gave me a fist bump al roker walk by while i was in my pajamas doing a shot for our show at 6am this morning. >> did you wear the jaws t-shirt because you knew you were going to be on the water? >> yes. i did. i like wearing a jaws t-shirt when i'm anywhere near water because people give me the ugliest looks ever. [ laughter ] >> funny. >> i love wearing a jaws shirt people think it's weird i wear it around water. you know what, this movie was filmed with water that's why i wear it. >> did you tell pablo you need add bigger boat? >> no. it's funny. pablo i should have said that. by the way that was probably my tenth time trying to get his attention while he was drying so thank you to pablo for being nice and actually turning around every time and smiling and giving me a thumbs up. i appreciate it. >> be

now as you're watching this vide i train interviewing josh gad and getting a huge history lesson of whate two is finally opening this friday i'm geeking out about that. and i sat down with one of the most legendary actors of all time kurt russell. >> i really want to see snake join the guardians of the ga galaxy. what do you think he would do in that group. >> unfortunately snake could careless. [ laughter ] >> about any of them or any of the things they do or who they are. he just wants to get further away from the galaxy, right? [ laughter ] >> he might want to still steel one of their space ships and ram night planet and get rid of himself. he's a different guy. >> i'm going call john carpenter right now. [ laughter ] >> a crossover. years ago i did think it would be -- nobody would listen to me i thought it would be great to sort of take a bunch of the characrs guys that like bruce willis and stallone and schwarzenegger. >> jock money lane they had one best character. that i thought would be int interesting. in the sort of action word i thought it would be fin to put those guys toget

thought that on tv, this is my first time being here in person so it was john cena to my right, josh gadlift you? >> i wish! >> apparently not everyone is as ed. the forecast was there for heavy rain and hail lightning and thunderstorms. in mtv wasn't smart enough to put a cover over the red carpet, not our fault. >> i feel like then you live in l.a. >> it's been raining all season. >> i have this vision of you guys being so cool. it's going to be fine, it's l.a. >> are their eyes closed while they're saying it all? >> i don't know why you do this when you live in l.a. because it's so cool. >> back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. >>> don't do that! ♪ >>> don't talk to me because i left my microphone do >> don't talk too me, i left my microphone in my dressing room. >> we have a big show. we have vanessa hudgens and tom bateman from snatched. >> we love dylan's mother. >> linda! >> let's stay on linda. linda! >>> 9:57 is your time on monday, may 8, 2017. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. the capitals are in pittsburgh for game six of the nhl playoffs. tonight is another must-win gam

we were on there to talk about the new with josh gad, the new movie of "the murder on the orient expressust -- and these cars from this train, they are from the 1920s, '30s and '50s. at night, we all, everybody had to wear formal wear, we are in the bar car, we were singing. in fact, our entire crew, this was a technological marvel. because they have never done a live broadcast from a moving train on the venice orient express. this was a first. and we had the very small crew, but they did great stuff. it was magic. it really was. >> i can't wait to see the movie. it's a great idea to do this, actually. >> yes. and you look so -- >> reporter: we pulled in to paris this morning at 7:25. and we've had just -- a little bit of rain, but it's clearing off now. >> he's like, i'm in pari. >> you looked very dapper in the white dinner jacket, too. >> reporter: thank you. i felt very james bond, you know? having a drink on a moving train, it was fantastic. i will tell you, we lost a couple of our crew members. there is julian. julian is next to tracy there. and julian, let's just say he came out o

josh gad and i popped off for a chat.they couldn't get the words out. agatha christie's murder -- i'm in. you have kenneth branagh directing who in my opinion is one of the ultimate directors. you have one of the most extraordinary casts i've worked with, johnny depp, james judi dench, penelope cruz. >> why does it hold up? here is a story that was written in the early 1930s, and here we are all this time later and people still are fascinated by it. >> there's a reason that agatha christie is the best-selling author after the bible. and after shakespeare. >> who are you in the film? [ train horn ] >> hello! >> i think i just had a minor heart attack. >> there you go. while josh recovered, i thought i'd grab a quick bite, but like everything else on this train, dinner is an experience. ♪ piano bar and all. i love you, john legend! before i knew it, we arrived in paris and my journey, sadly, complete. hello, paris. i'm like the rail going cher. changing outfit after outfit. >> a lot of outfit changes. the red pants and the

josh hart. check out this pick tweeted out this noon by jay wright. the trio completed their final task accepting their cap and gowns as gad rocking the nova hoops jersey men there. congrats to all. impressive stats and i think they're just getting start. >> kind of an end of era there. >> yeah. absolutely. >> i would say. >> sad to see those guys go. >> jay wright just replenish. >> all right. that does it for 10:00. fox 29 news at 11:00 is coming up. >> coming up at 11:00, chris two-year-old boy shot in kensington a man in his 20's the hit by gunfire. brad sattin is live at the scene and we'll have a full report. your wake up weather and seven day forecast in the first five minutes. remember your mega ball lot row drawing is coming up next. every friday, mr. lewis connects with his friends at the senior center to enjoy a nutritious, hot meal. which gives him the energy he needs to connect with his grandson, so he can teach him how to land the big one. when older pennsylvanians make the most of programs supported by the pennsylvania lottery, like hot meal programs, we all benefit. learn more at palottery.com. the pennsylvania lottery benefits older pe