Seth Rogen Calls out Hollywood … via Satire.
The actor co -created the series ”The studio“That parodies Hollywood’s inner work; Rogen also writes, controls and executive produces the apple TV+ Show, which will make their world premiere opening evening at 2025 SXSW Film & Tva Festival.
Rogen plays the fictional studio manager Matt Remick, who is the newly appointed head of the embarrassed continental studios. The Official synopsis Reads: “When movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team fight by fighting managers when they crash narcissistic artists and Craven Corporate Overlords in the constantly difficult endeavor to make fantastic movies. With its power suits that mask their endless sense of panic, every party, visit, decision on decisions, marketing meetings and price exhibitions give them an opportunity for glittering success or career -ending disaster. As someone who eats, sleeps and breathes movies, it is the job that Matt has persecuted his entire life, and it may well ruin him. ”
Rogen and his Emmy-nominated partner Evan Goldberg created the series with the series with several Emmy award winners Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory and Frida Perez. The show has an impressive ensemble role and Komos. Catherine O’hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders are a series of regular guests, with Bryan Cranston, Keyla Monterroso Mejia and Dewayne Perkins invoiced as large recurring guest stars.
Rogen acknowledged Esquire That in the lead role in “The Studio” actually made him more empathetic for real managers, some of whom served as inspiration for characters.
“It made me understand and be more sympathetic in many ways to studio people, but also in some ways, much less sympathetic because I now see that they could only do the right thing,” Rogen said. “As, one thing they say a lot in Hollywood is,” It’s the show industry, there is a reason why they call it show stores because there are equal parts show and business. “And the studio leader is really the bending point between the show and the business and between art and trade. They are almost daily in a position where they have to choose between enabling and encouraging some bold creative action or being (in a) self -preservation (location) and mitigate their risks that things go wrong, which usually makes them think that they should deter bold creativity documents. I think the good studio manager encourages it. Bad is more self -preservation. ”
He added some similarities between real Hollywood-Titans and their counterparts on the screen, “yes, I am very worried that real people will recognize themselves in the show. We have already shown the show to a few people who have inspired some of the sections and stories in the sections. People are most flattered. “
NOTE: Apparently Cranston’s character’s fashion election is based on WBD -VD David Zaslav …
“The Studio” is a TV series in Lionsgate, with Point Gray Pictures’ James Weaver, Alex McATEE and Josh Fagen as executive producers together with co-creators Rogen and Goldberg.
“Studio” premieres March 26 with the first two episodes, followed by a section every Wednesday to May 21, on Apple TV+. Check out the trailer below.
