Series synopsis
Cinema Toast is an American comedy television series that premiered on Showtime on April 20, 2021. It ended on April 20, 2021. It was created by Jeff Baena. It stars Jake Johnson, Alison Brie, Dan Stevens and Christina Ricci.
Re-edited and re-scored footage from public domain films, overdubbed with performances of contemporary actors to tell new, wholly original stories.
Premise
Re-edited and re-scored footage from public domain films, overdubbed with performances of contemporary actors to tell new, wholly original stories.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jake Johnson as Steve
- Alison Brie as Jane
- Dan Stevens as Antoni
- Christina Ricci
- Sunita Mani
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Vivian
- Chloe Fineman
- Eric Stoltz as Presenter
Supporting cast
- John Early as Joe Bunker
- Marcus Henderson as Malik
- Dan Donohue as Roland
- Gillian Jacobs
- Christopher Meloni
- Hamish Linklater
- Colman Domingo as Barrington
- Megan Mullally as Eunice Doolittle
- Nicole Byer as Dorothy
- Ethan Sandler
- Dasha Nekrasova as Marushka
- Jordan Firstman as Sebastian
Guest cast
- Aubrey Plaza
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Jeremy
- Percy Daggs IV as (voice)
- John Reynolds as John (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | April 20, 2021 | April 20, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Familiesgiving A young couple, John and Jane, have their sacred Friendsgiving upended when John’s overbearing mom forces an invite and makes it all about her. John, fearing his contentious mom will make a horrible scene as usual and ruin the holiday, decides to enlist his dad in a harebrained scheme to minimize the damage. Despite his best and most ridiculous efforts, things go off the rails anyway... |
April 20, 2021 |
| 2 |
Report on the Canine Auto-Mechanical Soviet Threat A young boy falls victim to America’s biggest threat: the importation of reanimated Russian dog corpses that can communicate with machinery and vehicles. |
April 20, 2021 |
| 3 |
Quiet Illness Johanna flashes in and out of fantasy as she grapples with her inescapable fate at the hands of her husband. |
April 20, 2021 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Showtime |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 20, 2021 |
| Last aired | April 20, 2021 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |