This month sees Seth Rogen‘s big return to the small screen after breaking out in Hollywood, starting with a supporting role in Judd Apatow‘s high school network comedy show “Freaks & Geeks” (before the comedy taste-maker put Rogen in a string of his movies), with his new streaming series “The Studio” and the Apple TV+ release has quite a group of guest stars being assembled.
The face of the series, Rogen, in a new video from the streaming service (See below), has announced many of the guest stars that will be showing up. The funny man co-stars alongside the likes of Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders, and Kathryn Hahn.
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Apple has also announced the full list of guest stars that will be appearing on the show, and it features the following group of people:
Aaron Sorkin, Adam Scott, Anthony Mackie, Antony Starr, Arthur Keng, Bill Watterson, Bryan Cranston, Charli D’Amelio, Charlize Theron, Chris Gann, Courtney Pauroso, Dan Black, Dave Franco, David Krumholtz, Derek Wilson, Devon Bostick, Dewayne Perkins, Erin Moriarty, Greta Lee, Ice Cube, Jean Smart, Jen Statsky, Jessica Clements, Jessica St. Clair, Johnny Knoxville, Josh Hutcherson, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Kit Hoover, Larry Brown, Lil Rel Howery, Lisa Gilroy, Lucia Aniello, Martin Scorsese, reporter Matt Belloni, Nicholas Stoller, Olivia Wilde, Owen Kline, Parker Finn, Paul Dano, Paul W. Downs, Peter Berg, Quinta Brunson, Ramy Youssef, Rebecca Hall, Rhea Perlman, Ron Howard, Sarah Polley, Steve Buscemi, Sugar Lyn Beard, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, Thomas Barbusca, Trevor Tordjman, Zac Efron, Zack Snyder, Ziwe, and Zoë Kravitz.
That’s certainly quite the mix of real actors and non-actors (many playing “themselves”), making “The Studio” feeling a little different than other projects we’ve seen in the past that attempt to explore and lampoon the inner workings of the film industry.
Rogen co-directed episodes with longtime creative partner Evan Goldberg, and the show’s creative team of co-writers and co-creators includes Rogen, Goldberg, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, and Frida Perez.
The official synopsis for the new comedic show reads:
In “The Studio,” Seth Rogen stars as the newly appointed head of a movie studio, Continental Studios. Desperate for the approval of celebrities, he and his team of executives at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.
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You can watch that guest star announcement video below, and “The Studio” makes a grand debut tomorrow on March 26, exclusively on Apple TV+.