What’s it rated? TV-MA
When? 2025
Where’s it showing? Apple TV+
Hollywood gets a thorough skewering in this ensemble satirical comedy about struggling film production company Continental Studios. Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) is the newly appointed studio head, a self-described cinephile who wants to make important films. Continental’s CEO, Griffin Mill (a hilarious and unhinged Bryan Cranston), has other ideas. He wants Continental to make a billion-dollar box office smash with a product tie-in. Think Barbie. Soon, much to his chagrin, Matt is trying to get a Kool-Aid movie made. “Oh, yeeaahhh!!”
Most of the action happens between Matt and his team: Sal Saperstein (Ike Barinholtz), Continental’s vice president of production; Quinn Hackett (Chase Sui Wonders), Matt’s former assistant that he promotes to junior executive; Maya Mason (Kathryn Hahn), Continental’s head of marketing; and an always welcome Catherine O’Hara as Patty Leigh, the studio’s former head and Matt’s mentor. Their dialog is witty and rapid fire.
You’ll also see an endless stream of cameos by Hollywood A-listers playing versions of themselves, everyone from Charlize Theron to Zac Efron to Martin Scorsese to Ron Howard. Everyone seems to be having a blast making fun of their industry. If you don’t mind seeing how the filmmaking sausage gets made, it’s cringingly hilarious. (10 22- to 44-min. episodes) ∆
This article appears in Winning Images 2025.