--- title: Empire Trailer Gives First Look at Chris Rock and Marisa Tomei description: The new trailer reveals the season's plot and guest stars canonical: https://time.com/3988275/empire-trailer-chris-rock-marisa-tomei/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-07T01:38:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:59:06.928Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: New 'Empire' Trailer Gives First Look at Guest Stars og:description: The Lyon family is back og:url: https://time.com/3988275/empire-trailer-chris-rock-marisa-tomei/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New 'Empire' Trailer Gives First Look at Guest Stars twitter:description: The Lyon family is back twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # New _Empire_ Trailer Gives First Look at Chris Rock and Marisa Tomei by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Aug 7, 2015 1:38 AM UTC by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Aug 7, 2015 1:38 AM UTC The previous glimpse of _Empire_’s sophomore season [was a short trailer](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/22/empire-season-2-first-trailer) with random shots of the Lyon family and limited voiceover. Fox has now released the first, bona-fide trailer for the second season of the hip-hop drama. (Hakeem and his [Hovertrax](http://solowheel.com/product/hovertrax) made this cut, too.) Plot is easier to extract from this extended look. Andre seeks to remove his incarcerated dad Lucious as CEO of Empire Entertainment, and Cookie has designs on putting her eldest son in charge. But Lucious wants the musically inclined Jamal to take charge. Meanwhile, baby Hakeem and ‘Mal will only continue butting heads. First looks are given two of the most notable guest stars: Oscar winner Marisa Tomei and Chris Rock.[Tomei plays a venture capitalist named Mimi Whiteman](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/02/marisa-tomei-empire-season-2), who appears to act on the patriarch’s behalf. “Lucious Lyon is Empire,” she asserts. “Without him, the company is _nothing_.” Rock is locked up with Lucious, but sadly nowhere to be seen during Lucious’ big-house recording session. Watch the full trailer above. _Empire_ season 2 arrives Sept. 23 at 9 p.m. ET on Fox. [_This post originally appeared on EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/06/empire-season-2-full-trailer) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3988275/empire-trailer-chris-rock-marisa-tomei/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3988275/empire-trailer-chris-rock-marisa-tomei/"},"headline":"New Empire Trailer Gives First Look at Chris Rock and Marisa Tomei","datePublished":"2015-08-07T01:38:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:59:06.928Z","description":"The Lyon family is back","url":"https://time.com/3988275/empire-trailer-chris-rock-marisa-tomei/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3988275/empire-trailer-chris-rock-marisa-tomei/","name":"New Empire Trailer Gives First Look at Chris Rock and Marisa Tomei"}}]}] ```