Comedy actor Seth Rogen shoulders a lot with new Apple TV+ comedy series The Studio, as he writes, directs, executive produces and stars in it as an embattled Hollywood studio head, according to two trailers the streamer dropped for the show, now streaming. Will Rogen’s series fare better than the show’s fictional “Continental Studios?” Well, as you can see in the trailers, he has a star-studded cast to work with, including himself, Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn and guest star Bryan Cranston.
The 10-episode, half-hour comedy series premieres on Apple TV+ March 26, 2025. Watch the promising trailers below.
Update: We added the official trailer for The Studio under the teaser trailer, below. The new comedy series started streaming Wednesday on Apple TV+. Loaded with stars in guest cameos, the spoof of Hollywood filmmaking gets good reviews. AP News calls it “the defining portrait of modern Hollywood.” Other reviews throw around descriptions like “superb,” “spot-on, star-studded takedown” and “hilarious.” Apple TV+ press tends to stamp every show as “highly anticipated,” but this one actually was, and it sound justified in this case. It sounds like a must-see.
Seth Rogen’s The Studio comedy series debuts on Apple TV+ March 26, 2025
Every so often — actually, pretty often — Hollywood makes a movie or TV series more-or-less about itself. And some win popularity and acclaim. Take The Artist, Barry, Barton Fink, Entourage, The Player and Chaplin as a hodgepodge of examples where the industry plays a major role. Rogen‘s The Studio appears to be Apple TV+’s entry in the subgenre.
In the teaser trailer, which is not long at a minute and 16 seconds but not as short as some initial trailers, we see Matt Remick (Rogen) having a heart-to-heart talk about his impossible job with O’Hara‘s character on a landscaped lawn overlooking downtown Los Angeles. The scene is intercut with splashy shots of an ebullient Remick that slowly change to scenes of a beleaguered Remick. In several of them, recognizable Hollywood figures — Hahn, Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron — viciously rip into him and Continental Studios. Some even resort to physical violence at times. Nonetheless, diva O’Hara reassures the downtrodden Hollywood honcho he’ll make a great studio head.
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Here’s Apple TV+ description of the new series, which looks like it might be tons of fun:
In The Studio, Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps and breathes movies, it’s the job Matt’s been pursuing his whole life, and it may very well destroy him.
Watch the teaser trailer for The Studio
Watch the official trailer for The Studio
Star-studded cast and accomplished producers
In addition to Rogen, the show stars Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award winner O’Hara, Emmy Award nominee Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders. Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Cranston appears as a guest star, looking cheesy as hell as he tells Remick, “At Continental, we don’t make artsy-fartsy films, we make movies. Movies!”
From Lionsgate Television, The Studio is created by multi-Emmy Award winners Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory, along with Rogen, Goldberg and Frida Perez. Point Grey Pictures’ James Weaver, Alex McAtee and Josh Fagen also executive produce alongside Rogen and Emmy Award nominee Evan Goldberg.
The new project marks the latest collaboration for Apple TV+ and Rogen, and joins the recently renewed Apple Original comedy Platonic, in which Rogen stars and executive produces alongside Rose Byrne.
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Watch comedies on Apple TV+
The Studio airs its first two episodes March 26, 2025, on Apple TV+. In the meantime, check out other comedies on the streamer. The service is available by subscription for $9.99 with a seven-day free trial. You can also get it via any tier of the Apple One subscription bundle. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac or iPod touch can enjoy three months of Apple TV+ for free.
After launching in November 2019, “Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 515 wins and 2,308 award nominations and counting,” the service said.
In addition to award-winning movies and TV shows (including breakout soccer comedy Ted Lasso), Apple TV+ offers a variety of documentaries, dramas, comedies, kids shows and more.
Source: Apple TV+
This post first published on November 19, 2024. We republished it when streaming started for Seth Rogen in The Studio on March 26, 2025.
David Snow, an expert on Apple hardware and software, writes on a variety of technological and cultural topics for Cult of Mac. They include Apple news, technology buying guides, and features about computer setups and Apple TV shows and movies.
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