(upbeat music)

- And welcome to Studio 5.

We're taking a look at fatherhood

and family on the big screen today

with actors Mark Wahlberg and Steve Carell

and filmmaker Sean Anders.

These conversations will give us a look

at the films InstantFamily and Beautiful Boy.

As we get those interviews lined up,

let's fire up the countdown clock

and being our look at what's making

headlines in uplifting entertainment.

At number five.

- For a kid like myself whostarted to find his way.

- [Efrem] It's a projectthat brings athletes

Lebron James and Tim Tebow together.

Wearing his producer's hat,

James tapped the NewYork Mets minor leaguer

and former NFL quarterback to host

a new CBS physical competition

series called Million Dollar Mile.

- So far, we have raised$30,000 for Lebron's new school.

- [Efrem] Just a little bit

tougher than Lebron's Ellen's appearances.

- You're gonna eat icecream with hot sauce on it.

- Oh my.

- [Efrem] Million Dollar Mile contestants

will compete to win a million dollars

every time they run amassive obstacle course.

- So if I miss this, yougotta take another shot?

- Yeah, don't miss it.

- [Efrem] At number four.

- Ducky.

- What?

- They're making another Toy Story movie.

- No, I thought thosemovies were done, dog.

They made three movies.

- [Efrem] That's right.

Hollywood headlines are abuzzwith news of Toy Story 4,

and this teaser with somenew characters in the mix.

("Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell)

- I don't belong here.

- [Efrem] This Disneyclassic is back in theaters

and all new in the summer of 2019.

- Hey, hey, guys, you got it all wrong.

- It's to infinity and beyond.

(Ducky and Bunny laugh)

- That's the stupidest thing I ever heard.

- We'll pick up the countdown

with number three in just a little bit.

Right now, we want totake a look at a new film

based on the real-life story

of a husband and wife whotake in three foster children.

Here's a Studio 5 FirstLook at the hilarious

ups and downs of adoption

in Instant Family starring Mark Wahlberg.

- Okay, Pete and Ellie tookin three children 10 days ago.

- [Efrem] Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne

lead the cast in this comedy

based on the real-life story

of a couple who adopts three children.

- The county puts theseon because they can match

a lot of kids and parents quickly.

- Look at the big kids.

- Everybody's avoiding them.

I'm gonna go and say hi.

- But they're teenagers, okay?

They use drugs and they watch

people playing video games on YouTube.

We're not equipped for any of that.

- Hi, just FYI, we can all hear you.

- This is Instant Family.

I understand you fell inlove with this project

before a script was even written.

- Yes.

- Why is that?- Well, it's just the idea.

- I had had an experience where I went to,

kind of, I was supposed to be the,

kind of, like, I don't know,

to boost kids' spiritsat an adoption event,

and I ended up finding myself

being inspired by these kids

and how strong they wereand how positive they were.

So having had that experience

and then Sean tellingabout his experience,

I just signed on right away.

- Lizzy is a product of the system,

and she never learned to properly

care for herself much less three kids.

- Oh.- Three?

- Three kids?

- What?- Yeah.

- Three.

- Lizzy--

- At once?

- Yeah, Lizzy comes withtwo younger siblings:

Juan and Lita.

- Wait, wait, so we wouldhave three children?

- Oh, two maybe, but there'sno way we can do three.

I mean, that wasn't, we wanted to meet.

Oh my gosh.

Why would you show us that?

Why would you even show that?

- What are you doing?

- They're so cute, that's wrong.

- This is a film that talks about

adoption and foster care,

both very serious issues.

So you probably would not expect

to come and laugh as much as you do.

What did you think of exploringthis issue in a funny way?

- I think it's a way to getpeople into a serious subject,

what is essentially a serious subject,

through comedies like, the incredible.

My favorite films ride that line,

like Parenthood or

Steel Magnolias, you know,

like I'm revealing myselfhere, but they sort of,

those are the movies, I think,

that they stand the test of time.

- Does everybody know what,that we're here for foster?

- They know, Sharon.

What do you think,

these people just wanderedin off the street?

- [Efrem] Academy Award-winning actress

Octavia Spencer and comedienne Tig Notaro

play social workers, abit of good cop, bad cop.

- It is not gonna be easy, folks.

These kids will test your will,

put a strain on your relationship,

and push buttons youdidn't even know you had.

Now, I can tell by looking at you

that not all of y'all are gonna make it.

- I actually think this group

has got the grit toface some unpleasant...

- [Man] Excuse me.

- You guys heading out?

Okay, well, thank you, bye-bye.

- All right, that one's on me.

- It absolutely is.

And you know what?

We've gone over this before.

- We have.

- This film is naturally inspired

by the director's real life.

Do you know thesecharacters in your own life,

this husband and wife?

- Sure, I mean, yeah.

I think there's so much familiar

even though it's not my worldor life, but with the kids,

and everyone knows these kids.

Everyone knows these parents.

Even if you think you're not gonna relate,

you will.

You'll relate.

There's something foreveryone in the best of ways.

- [Efrem] And the story shines

with the children cast in this film:

Isabela Moner, GustavoQuiroz, and Julianna Gamiz.

- Where's my potato chips?

- Oh, we're not having chipstonight, munchkin, sorry.

- I want my chips.

- Let's try some of this meatloaf, okay?

- No, I want my chips!

- Hey, we're not having chips.

- You sure you don't wannajust give her some chips?

- No, we're not giving her chips.

(screams)

- Gustavo, how much areyou like your character?

- Um, similar.

We're both pretty clumsy.

- Are you really?

- Yeah, I'm clumsy.

Yeah.

And...

Yeah, we both have great hair.

- You have great hair.

- Yeah, Juan and I.

Pretty cool.

- Julianna, are you muchlike your character?

Do you scream a lot at home?

- Yeah.

- [Efrem] You do?

- When I don't get thethings that I want, I scream.

- Watch you feet, okay?

- Wait, wait.

- [Pete] It won't last.

Be careful, okay?

- Hey, you give those to me.

Give me, ow, ow.

- [Lita] I want my chips!

- [Pete] Just stay there, Juan.

(screams)

- [Ellie] Oh my God, are you okay?

- Oh God, what a.

Lita, duck!

- [Ellie] What are you doing?

- [Pete] What, I'm trying to put it out.

- [Ellie] With ketchup?

- Put it out.

- Lita?

- Wait, wait, whoa,whoa, what's that noise?

Why is she growling?

That wasn't in the class.

I've got nothing for that.

She's got a knife.

- It's just a SpongeBob knife.

- It's still a knife.

- This film comes out in November,

National Adoption Month,

and we're also nowapproaching Thanksgiving,

Christmas, all the family holidays.

What do you think this film says

about the whole ideaand concept of family?

- Family and faith are the most

important things, and you know,

what a family looks liketoday could be anything.

That's an important message to get out.

Families are being pulled apart.

It's so important to encourage people,

to bring people in, to beinclusive, and we should all,

if everybody's faith andfocus was on the same thing,

we'd be living in a muchdifferent world right now.

- [Photographer] Everybody say family.

- [All] Family.

- And Instant Family is inAmerican theaters November 16th.

It's a wonderfully funnyand heartwarming film,

but we do want to let you knowit contains adult language.

And still ahead.

- [Sean] I wanted it to be asmuch of our story as possible,

but I also sat down witha bunch of other families,

particularly those whohad adopted teenage girls.

- Meet the filmmaker who ripped

the Instant Family story fromthe pages of his real life.

And welcome back to Studio 5.

Our look at fatherhood and family

on the big screen continues in a moment.

Right now, it is time tocontinue the countdown

of the best headlines inuplifting entertainment.

At number three, civility, comes to SNL.

- So are we good?

- We're good, apology accepted.

- [Reporter] Dan Crenshawtrolled Pete Davidson

with an Ariana Grande ringtoneon Saturday Night Live

after Davidson apologized for joking

about the congressman-elect'seye patch last week.

Crenshaw lost the eyefighting in Afghanistan.

Grande ended her engagementwith Davidson last month.

- [Efrem] And Faithwire shares what people

may not have noticed,

the four words Davidsonwhispered to Crenshaw.

You're a good man.

At number two.

Celebrities are praising the work

of brave California firefighters

and first responders, saving lives, homes,

and animals in the faceof raging wildfires.

- It makes me cry to see

how people are willing to run

into the face of danger to protect people

and the animals and the homes

that they love.

- [Reporter] Celebs are helping too.

Lady Gaga visiting an evacuation shelter

to do what she could.

She was evacuated fromher Malibu home as well.

- Celebrities Miley Cyrus, Neil Young,

and Gerard Butler are amongthose who lost their homes.

With that, there is only one more headline

in this week's countdown

of the best in uplifting entertainment.

We'll get to that in aboutsix or seven minutes.

Right now, we want toget back to the funny

and uplifting film Instant Family.

It's based on the real-life experiences

of the husband and father whowrote and directed the film.

Sean Anders is here for this week's

Studio 5 Sit Down.

- Well, we had beentalking for a long time

about whether or notwe wanted to have kids,

and I just made this joke of like

I'm starting to feelon the old side of it.

Why don't we just adopt a five year old,

and it'll be like I gotstarted five years ago?

And she immediately said, "You know,

"I would really consider that."

And I said, "Yeah, I was really joking."

- Once we decided to move forward,

it was scary and overwhelming,

but we were really opento whatever came our way.

- We went through some really tough times,

the kids adjusting tous, us adjusting to them,

but not just adjusting to them,

but just adjusting tobeing parents in general

'cause we went fromzero kids to three kids,

literally overnight.

I felt like so much of whatwe went through was funny.

- [Efrem] This film wasinspired by your life?

- [Sean] Yes.

- When did you know that yourlife was a big screen movie?

- You know, I think itwas my writing partner,

John Morris, who suggested it at first,

and also suggested it as a comedy

which I thought was a little strange.

But then he said, "Well,you've already told me

"so many funny stories about this."

Then we started thinkingof it in a whole new way.

- Adoption, foster care,can often be heavy.

Did you think this wouldwork instantly as a comedy?

- No, no.

I think, you know, it really took

some finessing to figure it out,

but the thing that got me excited

was that, like you said,

it's a heavy topic

and it's usually treatedin a very heavy way.

Unfortunately, the result of that

is that the heavy treatment that really

only focuses on the tragic aspects,

it adds to people's fear

of the kids that are in thesystem and where they come from

and that sort of thing.

So we tried not to shy awayfrom the tragic aspects of it,

but we tried to really focus

on the laughs and the joy of it

and what is funny and awkward

about people who don'teven know each other

trying to sort of showup at the same house

and become a family overnight.

It's just so strange.

- The casting is amazing.

I'll ask about the kids.

I mean, 'cause they reallylight up the screen.

- And play their roles.- Don't they?

- So.- Thank you.

- So well.

How difficult was it to narrow down

who was going to do what?

- You know, it wasn'tdifficult because in each case,

you know, we auditioned a lot of kids,

but in each case, withJulianna, Gustavo, and Isabela,

as soon as we,

we knew we had them veryquickly after they walked in.

I think the most interesting story

is Gustavo because Gustavo came in

and his character was originally written

a little bit differently, but he came in,

and that kid just had such a good heart

and such a sweetness to him

that he was even older than we had

originally written the character,

that we rewrote the character for Gustavo

because we liked him so much

and we felt like he was such a real kid.

- This film comes out as November,

National Adoption Monthbeginning of the holiday season,

I mean, where we reallybeing to focus on families.

What do you think this movie

says about the whole idea of family?

- I think the movie is,at the end of the day,

it's just all about love and, of course,

it's about how family can bea really difficult prospect.

I think that's really universal.

I don't think family is easy for anybody,

but I think it's where we getour love and foundation from,

and it's so importantthat everybody have it.

I was just walking about New York City

and I just couldn't helpbut notice all the families

and just all the fun theywere having together.

- What inspired you to adopt?

- It happened exactly likeit happens in the movie.

My wife and I were,

had been talking for years

about whether or not wewere gonna have kids.

For a long time,

we felt like we couldn't afford it,

and when the conversationbecame more real, I said,

"You know, but now I feel like I'm gonna

"be one of those old dadsthat can't throw the ball."

I said, "You know what?

"Why don't we just about a five year old.

"It'll be like I gotcracking five years ago?"

I was totally kidding,

and my wife actuallykinda ran with the idea,

and we went to a websiteand went to an orientation,

exactly like it happens in the movie.

That's how it happened for us.

I just made a dumb joke one day,

and now I have three kids.

- By the way, SeanAnders is the man behind

the hit films Daddy's Home,

Horrible Bosses 2, and Dumb and Dumber.

You can catch Instant Family

in American theaters November 16th.

Up next.

- My son is out there somewhere,

and I don't know what he's doing.

I don't know how to help him.

- [Efrem] It's the heartbreaking,

yet inspiring story of survival,

relapse, and recovery in Beautiful Boy.

- I hope this movie ignites

an emotional reaction out of people.

- And welcome back to Studio 5.

We have made it to the final headline

in this week's countdown

of the best in uplifting entertainment.

At number one.

And just in time for Thanksgiving,

the Rocky franchise is back

with Creed II starring Michael B. Jordan.

This is a story of fatherhood,

fighting back, and finding legacy.

- [Adonis] I was afraid I couldn't

live up to his expectations.

- You don't think you got your validation?

- This guy is dangerous.

- I ain't got a choice.

- That's the same thing your father said,

and he died right here in my hand.

- One of the things thatkeeps us as an audience

on the edge of our seat

is when this character's in the fight

and he is knocked down

and then trying to summonthat strength to get back up,

and we're waiting.

Where do you find the strength

when you're knocked downto pull yourself back up?

- I mean, I go in touch with my mom.

You know, my mom is like,you know, moms are like,

they have this superpower where they're,

you know, you just put, you know,

have a good touch foreheads

or just give her a hug andjust breathing together.

You know, you feel safefor whatever reason.

So I think whenever I'm getting like too,

you know, run down or tired or whatever,

I just usually just give her a call

and that usually gets me back on track.

- Creed II is in American theaters

November 21st.

And that wraps this week's countdown

and brings up back to this week's look

at family and fatherhoodon the big screen.

Beautiful Boy is describedas the heartbreaking

and inspiring experienceof survival and relapse

as well as recovery in afamily coping with addiction.

It's based on the real lives

of a father and his son addicted to drugs.

Here's your Studio 5 First Look.

- My son has gone missing,Nicolas Sheff, S-H-E-F-F.

- [Man On Phone] There'sno one by that name, sir.

- There are moments that I look at him,

this kid that I raised,

who I thought I knew inside and out,

and I wonder who he is.

I thought we were close.

I thought we were closerthan most fathers and sons.

Why?

This isn't us.

This is not who we are.

If you could take all thewords in the language,

it's still wouldn't describehow much I love you.

- It's a portrait of a family

who believes in unconditional love.

- [Nicolas] Wow.

- So, how are you doing?

- I'm doing great.

I'm just, um,

um,

just doing what needs to be done.

- [Felix] The scene in the diner.

- Yeah, I just need a few bucks.

- Why don't we just have lunch and talk?

- David and Nic, or Steven and Timmy,

are having this conversation where David

is happy to finallyget him off the street.

- Pick your stuff up next week,

and I know they'd love to see you.

- Dad, you're uh, guilttripping me, all right?

- No, I'm just saying--

- I feel horrible about myself.

- And he hopes to just get through him,

but all Nic wants is money.

You see them constantly liketrying to find each other,

but not getting to each other.

- You think that youhave this under control,

and I understand how scared you are.

- I understand why I do things.

It doesn't make me anydifferent, all right?

I'm attracted to craziness,

and you're just embarrassed'cause I was like, you know,

I was like this amazing thing,

like your special creation or something,

and you don't like who I am now.

- Yeah, who are you, Nic?

- This is me, Dad, here.

This is who I am.

- Addiction is this cycle of relapse,

rehab, relapse, rehab,

and they do learn alongthe way, but often,

they learn too late.

- I don't know how to help him.

- [Vicki] You can't.

- I don't feel like I have a disease.

This isn't like cancer.

This is my choice.

I put myself here.

- Addiction doesn't have any prejudice.

It's gonna come for the old and the young

and the rich and thepoor and the successful.

- It can happen to anybody.

It doesn't discriminate.

It's not a moral failure.

It is a disease.

- It'll pass though.

It always does.

- What does?

- The feeling of beingalienated and isolated.

- Hmm, that really helps.

Thanks for the advice, Dad.

- Okay.

- If two or 10 happy

people come away with a bit more strength

and there might be a chance also

that we take shame out of the equation

when we're dealing with addiction

or addressing addiction, then maybe we've,

maybe we've made a difference.

- I need to find a way tofill this black hole in Nic.

Anything that you do that elicits

some sort of visceral response,

I think that's a good thing and a value.

- I'm still in the family.

I want them to be proud of me.

I hope this movie ignites an emotional

reaction out of people.

When I tried it, I feltbetter than I ever had so

I just kept on doing it.

This is something a lot ofpeople are going through,

and I feel really

good sitting in this chair

and talking about it and hopefully

getting it out into the world

because these are urgent things.

- I had such grand plans.

He'd graduate from college,do something amazing,

and now I just want him to not die.

And then I'm a dad, and I go home,

and I'm with my kids and my wife, and

it's real, you know?

This story's very real to me.

- It's very hopeful.

- What you have, you'regonna find it again.

You're gonna get it back.

I don't think there's one thingthat each person will take.

I hope it's different for everyone.

- Just to find some encouragement.

- I love you more than everything.

- Everything?

- [David] Everything.

- Everything.

- Beautiful Boy is inAmerican theaters right now.

It is rated R becauseof the serious content.

The film is based on two books,

Beautiful Books written by David Sheff

and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines

by David's son, Nic Sheff.

Both are available right now.

Still to come.

- Invitation, sir.

- I should be on that list.

- Name?

- Stan Lee.

- Paying tribute to themind behind Marvel Comics.

And welcome back to Studio 5.

A picture is sometimes saidto be worth a thousand words,

and that is true this week.

It's a Snap Shot that comesfrom a Studio 5 viewer.

Take a look.

It's the mind behindMarvel Comics, Stan Lee.

The fierce writer, editor,

and publisher was responsible for such

iconic characters asSpider-Man, the X-Men,

Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther,and the Fantastic Four.

Lee died this week at the age of 95,

and he is this week's Studio 5 Snap Shot.

With that Snap Shot, weare almost out of time.

So before the clock runs out,

let's see what we'reworking on for next week.

It's a story of fatherhood,

fighting back, and finding legacy.

- If you want to fight this man,

that's your business,

but don't pretend thisis about your father.

- Ryan Coogler suggested Steven

and I was excited to work with Steven.

I was really looking forwardto building something with him.

- Meet the new director.

So Steven, you come in to avery well established brand.

Ryan comes before you andintroduces this story.

What kind of pressure comingin for you to pick up?

- There was a lot.

- Behind this latest chapter

of the Rocky franchise, Creed II.

That's next week.

I hope you'll join us for that.

As for The Final Word for this show,

on fatherhood and family,

I thought I'd take a moment

and share a proud dad moment with you.

Take a look.

- Private Graham, Chesapeake, Virginia.

- [Efrem] That's the voice of my son

graduating from Boot Camp,

and as America celebratedVeterans Day this week.

♪ You got it ♪

♪ You got it ♪

- My heart and mind could only think

of my young son who has now

joined the ranks of thatrare 1% who signs up

and passes the rigoroustests to serve this country.

I am in awe that Godblessed my wife and myself

to raise a young man withheart, integrity, and love.

He makes fatherhood easy.

He is indeed an answer to prayer

that makes my heart smile everyday.

That is The Final Word forthis edition of Studio 5,

and this week's look atuplifting entertainment.

Until next time, make timeto uplift someone else.

Bye-bye, everybody.