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Spike Jonze turns Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' opening into short film

Hoai-Tran Bui
USATODAY
To err is human.

Spike Jonze, the director of melancholy fare such as Adaptation, Where the Wild Things Are, and Her, may have no plans to direct feature films in the future, but that won't stop him from revamping The Late Show's opening into a full-on broodfest.

A wistful version of the show's opening song plays as Stephen Colbert walks through the streets of New York, despondent and probably wrestling with his identity. But he finds solace in Sesame Street's Grover of all people, and walks onto the set of The Late Show to joyous cheers.

The short was shot outside in New York Friday, Colbert and Jonze told the audience in Jonze's interview segment Monday night. Most of the shooting went over without a hitch, except for one instance in which they decided to get a shot of Colbert walking in the middle of the street.

"You almost got run over by a schoolbus and the man who was there for your safety was not very happy about that," Jonze said to Colbert.

"My security has specifically asked not to have me run over by school buses," Colbert joked.

Jonze was on The Late Show to promote his new cable network Viceland, an expansion into documentary-style original programming by the digital media company Vice.

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