The Studio: Seth Rogen Told Us Everything You Need to Know About His New Apple TV+ Comedy

Seth Rogen is tackling the film industry in his new comedy series, The Studio. On the upcoming Apple TV+ show, Rogen plays Matt Remick, a newly appointed executive who takes over a fictional Hollywood powerhouse called Continental Studios. It’s his dream job—but the gig predictably comes with a host of issues. According to the Apple TV+ press release, Matt’s colleagues “battle their own insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films.”

The Studio has an absolutely stacked ensemble, with Rogen starring alongside the likes of Anthony Mackie, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, and Chase Sui Wonders. Rogen is the writer, director, and executive producer of The Studio, which he created with Evan Goldberg—his creative partner and the man behind Superbad, This Is the End, Knocked Up, and Neighbors. You can watch the trailer for the series below.

Now, in Esquire’s new cover story featuring Rogen, he told us why, exactly, a studio head is a perfect subject for a great comedy. “It’s a very funny role to me,” Rogen said. “Seeing the panic and the joy and the pride that comes with success, and the risk mitigation. How much they love visiting the set, and the tragedy of the fact that nobody wants them around—that’s inherently very funny.”

As if the chaos of a movie set weren’t enough, Rogen explained why he opted to shoot every scene in The Studio as one long tracking shot. (Translated: no cuts or edits.) “We wanted the show to have an immersive, manic energy to it,” he said, “because that’s our experience, being in these rooms with people yelling at each other. We wanted to throw you into it and create this sort of unpredictable, uneasy energy.”

Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a little bit longer to check out The Studio for yourself. The first two episodes of The Studio won’t hit Apple TV+ until Wednesday, March 26. Then a new episode will drop weekly until the season finale on May 21. In the meantime, make sure to read our cover story with Rogen, where he opens up about the state of modern comedy, what he thinks of Superbad today, and running his own film and television studio.