'The Studio' Finale Still Believes Hollywood Can Right the Ship

Ike Barinholtz on That Chaotic ‘The Studio’ Golden Globes Episode, Creating ‘Running Point’ Despite His Bulls Fandom, and How He Won Both ‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Millionaire’

Ike Barinholtz is ready for you to start screaming “Sal Saperstein!” at him in the streets. That’s his character’s name on Apple TV+’s Hollywood satire “The Studio,” and in Episode 8, Sal becomes a bit of a running joke in the middle of the Golden Globes. As the faux version of that kudofest proceeds, a […]

'The Studio' Finale Still Believes Hollywood Can Right the Ship

Seth Rogen correctly realized that the modern film industry is rife with comedy. But will his biting satire actually change anything?

‘Is that about me?’ Seth Rogen loves how ‘The Studio’ keeps Hollywood guessing

Ever since viewers — especially those working in Hollywood — fell in love with The Studio, the series’ creators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have gotten accustomed to people at cocktail parties leaning in confidentially and asking, hushed, “How did you hear that story about me?” “The people who it's actually based on don't think it's based on them, and the people who it's not based on want to think it's based on them!” Rogen told Gold Derby at A…

In 'The Studio,' the Jews Aren't Running Hollywood. They're Putzing Around It.

Editorial note: Spoilers ahead for “The Studio.” Early on in “The Studio,” co-creators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg make it clear that yes, of course their absurdist send-up of Hollywood has to include Jews. In the first half of the show’s first episode, newly minted Continental Studios head Matt Remick (Rogen) and his colleague Sal Saperstein (Ike Barinholtz) meet with agent Mitch Weitz (David Krumholtz) about getting a Kool-Aid movie made. “An…

Crafting Continental Studios: How Julie Berghoff Built Seth Rogen's Fictional Production Powerhouse in "The Studio"

In The Studio, the fast-talking movie executives who make and sell motion pictures to mass audiences might use “on the nose” as a pejorative. But sometimes, the obvious solution can’t be denied. For show creators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, there was only one place to set their behind-the-scenes look at how cinematic sausage gets made: Warner Bros. Studios. The Burbank, California backlot serves as headquarters for the fictional Continental St…