Seth Rogen’s Surprise Appearance at Venice Film Festival Confirmed as Research for ‘The Studio’

Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s critically acclaimed Hollywood satire The Studio pulled back the velvet rope to let viewers inside high-profile industry events like the Golden Globes and CinemaCon. Hours after the Apple TV+ series tied the record for the most Emmy Award nominations for a comedy series, Rogen confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the team had zeroed in on other glitzy affairs to serve as episode backdrops for the upcoming second season that is currently being shaped. Though he remained mum on specifics, Rogen’s surprise appearance at this year’s Venice Film Festival all but confirmed that the Lido could figure prominently into Matt Remick’s next adventures. Rogen turned up at Monday night’s anticipated world premiere of Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as early UFC icon Mark Kerr opposite Emily Blunt. Though he tried to blend in with the black-tie clad attendees while hanging against a wall of photographers, Rogen was spotted by press, including THR, as he and Safdie chatted it up and took turns snapping photos of one another. In fact, Rogen kept his camera close all throughout the night by taking loads of photos on the red carpet and studiously documenting the wild
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