‘The Studio’ Bosses Evan Goldberg And Seth Rogen Talk Hollywood, Inspiration & Killing Martin Scorsese’s Fake Movie
deadline.comIn the pilot of Apple TV+’s The Studio, the half-hour comedy points the lens back at Hollywood, taking aim at its foibles and follies with as much frequency as Seth Rogen’s Matt Remick — the bumbling yet passionate newly appointed head of the fictional Continental Studios — shoots himself in the foot.
The first installment sees Matt struggling to gain his C-(suite) legs; in his frenetic attempts to please everybody, he accidentally kills Martin Scorsese’s final film about Jonestown, driving the auteur to tears and leading Charlize Theron to exile him from the hottest party in Tinseltown (both excellent cameos).
In the second, the newly minted top brass fumbles his way through a daylight-dependent indie shoot starring Greta Gerwig and featuring a “oner,” which reflects itself in the way the episode itself is shot.
The fast-paced satire, co-created by Rogen and longtime partner Evan Goldberg — along with Pete Huyck (Veep), Alex Gregory and Frida Perez — explores the tension inherent in filmmaking as both an art form and a business.
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