Alex Gregory Pokes Fun At Creative Executives In “The Studio” (And Even Makes Us Feel Sorry For Them)
We can’t wait to buy the Kool-Aid movie next summer. And neither can Continental Studios. Co-created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Peter Huyck, #AlexGregory, and Frida Perez, The Studio tells the story of a floundering movie studio, desperate for a hit, while swallowing water in the face of rapid economic and social upheaval. How to you handle the clashing of egos not knowing how to stay relevant?
#TheStudio is centred on rising (and falling) studio executive Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) who juggles his exquisite artistic integrity and bottom line commerce by being totally original – i.e re-using the same film formula over and over. Let’s watch Goodfellas for inspiration to begin and see if Martin Scorsese is available for a cameo. Audiences love celebrity cameos.
Co-creator Alex Gregory (White House Plumbers), who is no stranger to close-to-the-bone satire, spoke with Creative Screenwriting Magazine about his take on the film industry and avoiding making too much fun of the business.
“I think that The Studio is a unique blend of cinema and television in a way that it hasn’t really been done before. It’s television storytelling, but done cinematically. Every episode is just an A story. There are no B and C stories as is typically the case on a sitcom,” states Gregory. #TVseries
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