‘Now Apocalypse’: Gregg Araki on Grinding Out His Dream and Writing an Even Wilder Season 2

Gregg Araki always wanted to make a TV show, but he knew it wasn’t going to be easy.“This show is really my dream show,” he said of his Starz series “Now Apocalypse.” “It’s something I’ve wanted for a long time.”“Now Apocalypse,” a half-hour comedy about four young friends trying to navigate love, sex, and fame in Los Angeles, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January before debuting on Starz in March.

It aired weekly on the premium cable platform through early May, but all 10 episodes were released March 22 via the network’s streaming and VOD services.“The thing about TV that’s interesting to me is the immediacy and scope of it,” said Araki, who appeared at the IndieWire Consider This Fyc Brunch earlier this month.

“It was kind of mind-blowing that the show was being beamed all across the world at the same time.

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