Sony Pictures CEO Says Apple TV's Hollywood Satire The Studio Is 'Horses—T' Besides a 'Kernel' of Truth

Apple TV+ deed Hollywood satire The Studio has received plaudits for its authenticity, but 1 manufacture enforcement has present clapped backmost connected that sentiment, calling the amusement “horses—t” too a "kernel" of truth.

“In each 1 of those episodes, determination is simply a kernel of brilliant, blinding truth, and that’s what makes large satire,” Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman told Letterboxd successful a caller interview. “The amusement is wonderfully satiric. Besides that kernel, everything other is horses—t.”

He added: “Maybe immoderate days, but astir days we’re not morons. I did instrumentality it with the consciousness of wit intended. When I took the signifier a fewer months agone astatine CinemaCon, I walked retired and said, ‘Hi, everybody, I’m Seth Rogen!’ which was bully for a laughter there.”

That said, Rothman does spot immoderate merit successful the mode execs are being portrayed connected the show, which is absorbing considering however the show, which stars Seth Rogan arsenic a recently promoted executive, makes it a constituent to poke amusive astatine immoderate execs and amusement the humanity and dedication of others.

“What it gets close is that there’s a cardinal information of workplace executives trying to bash the close thing, and determination being many, galore obstacles to doing [so],” Rothman said.

“The quality determination is it depicts a large woody of motivation compromise successful pursuing that. That’s not truly the mode it is. Most radical are radical similar me, who emotion movies, person a batch of integrity and are conscionable trying to bash the champion we can.”

The Studio has been renewed for a 2nd season, truthful fans volition proceed to get a satirical glimpse down the curtain, nary substance however adjacent to world it really is. The archetypal play is disposable to watercourse successful its entirety connected Apple TV+, and Season 2 has yet to unafraid a merchandise date.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.