Comedies aren’t dead… streamers are just taking over Hollywood

A legendary filmmaker has weighed in on speculation that Hollywood is afraid to make R-rated comedies nowadays, saying it’s more of a case now that streamers want to take a chance on them.

Appearing on a new episode of The Plug podcast, Paul Feig – the director behind comedy hits like Bridesmaids, The Heat and TV shows such as Freaks and Geeks and now new blockbuster Jackpot! – discussed recent comments made by actor Vince Vaughn.

During a Hot Ones interview released earlier this month, Vaughn claimed that R-rated comedies aren’t being made anymore because Hollywood executives “overthink it”.

“The people in charge don’t want to get fired more so than they’re looking to do something great, so they want to kind of follow a set of rules that somehow get set in stone, that don’t really translate,” Vaughn said.