"The Emmy-winning creation of Seth Rogen and long-term writing partner Evan Goldberg, The Studio follows Matt Remick, an idealistic film executive who finds himself unexpectedly promoted to head of Continental Studios. This could be my time! he gasps, cock-a-hoop to find himself in charge of the company to which he has devoted the last 22 years of his life. He is, unfortunately, correct."
"At Continental, we don't make films. We make movies. MOOOOVIEEEEES that people wanna PAY to see, he explains, tightly, and Matt's face proceeds to sink like a souffle. And it continues to sink over 10 exquisitely excruciating episodes, as his hopes for a new era of intelligent, auteur-helmed blockbusters are repeatedly marmalised by a system both frightened and angered by anything that can't be deposited in a Swiss bank account."
"Matt is played, perfectly, by Rogen, whose resemblance to a depressed Fozzie Bear is entering its imperial phase (I can't be the only one who spent the series half-expecting Rogen to turn to camera after his latest clanger and say wocka wocka, sadly, in a neckerchief). Matt is a well-meaning coward whose best intentions are fatally stymied by his need to be liked by celebrities."
The Studio centers on Matt Remick, an idealistic film executive unexpectedly promoted to head of Continental Studios after 22 years at the company. CEO Griffin Mill prioritizes commercially safe "movies" over artistic films, forcing Matt's hopes for intelligent, auteur-driven blockbusters to erode across ten excruciating episodes. The show portrays Matt as well-meaning but cowardly, eager to be liked by celebrities and clinging to his role. Seth Rogen plays Matt with a comic, melancholic edge. The series satirizes a profit-driven studio system that marginalizes creativity and rewards marketability over cinematic ambition.
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