Apple’s The Studio makes moviemaking look like a crucible in latest trailer

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Behind every big budget movie production there is a team of executives who know that getting too involved in the creative side of things can lead to disastrous results. Common sense usually tells them to let the artists do their thing in peace, but in the world of Apple TV Plus’s new comedy series The Studio, that sort of sound logic is in short supply. From co-creators Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez, The Studio revolves around Matt Remick (Rogen), the freshly-promoted head of Continental Studios who sees his new gig as the opportunity of a lifetime. After years of working under Continental’s old boss Griffin Mill (Bryan Cranston), Matt, his assistant-turned-development exec Quinn Hackett (Chase Sui Wonders), and their colleague Sal Seperstein (Ike Barinholtz) think they’re finally get ... Read full article.