Judd Apatowis commenting on the trend of streamers licensing content from rival studios.
It was recently announced that Warner Bros.
Discovery struck a deal tolicenseSex and the Cityto Netflix.
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Im of two minds.
I understand why people like the comfort food of television, Apatow toldVulturein a recent interview.
We dont need to spend $200 million on a new show.
We can just bring back Barnaby Jones.
Theyre going to do it, then youll get fewer new shows.
And for some of them not all of them their intentions are just eyeball time online, he added.
Thats why they started calling it content.
All of a sudden, they diminished it as much as it possibly could be.
I dont think it would be that weird if you read something in the paper that Pornhub bought Paramount+.
Like, who would think that anyone cared about Oppenheimer like that?
Oppenheimer is going to make almost $1 billion, he said.
Like, is anyone talking about the inventor of the atom bomb in their lives?
They want smart movies.
They want original cinematic experiences.
You do need a comedy equivalent of that.
