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Judd Apatow worries Hollywood is too 'intense'
Judd Apatow has lamented the lack of "quieter, subtler" and more "human" stories in modern movies.The 56-year-old filmmaker is concerned that Hollywood is currently driven by a desire for "really intense" stories because studio and streaming bosses are too driven to complete audience viewership and they're too worried that an intricate tale will lose attention too quickly.Appearing on Dana Carvey and David Spade's 'Superfly' podcast, he said: “I have a new theory, which is, everything is like in the newspaper business: ‘If it bleeds, it leads.'“Everything is doomscrolling because they don’t want you to shut anything off, so they’re obsessed with it being really intense. That’s why almost everything on the streamers is either about the biggest star in the world or a serial killer. Everything is a thriller, everything is intense...“It’s all completion rate. 'We must have them complete it.
See full article at Bang Showbiz
  • 11/3/2024
  • by Viki Waters
  • Bang Showbiz

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