Judd Apatow Expressed Disagreement with the Academy's Decision to Classify 'Barbie' as an Adapted Screenplay

Known for directing hits like ‘Knocked Up’ and ‘This Is 40’, Judd Apatow recently stepped into the spotlight for a different reason. His vocal disagreement with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over the classification of ‘Barbie’ as an adapted screenplay has stirred up a significant conversation in the film industry.

Apatow argues that the film, devoid of pre-existing narrative material, rightfully belongs in the original screenplay category. “It’s insulting to the writers to say they were working off of existing material,” the director wrote in his Saturday X post. “There was no existing material or story. There was a clear box."