A behind-the-scenes shake-up has halted manufacturing of the upcoming Apple TV+ comedy sequence starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
On Friday, Deadline reported that filming was suspended late final week in Austin, Texas, and that the solid — which additionally consists of Holland Taylor, Natalie Martinez, and Brittany Ishibashi — was despatched dwelling.
With eight out of 10 ordered episodes filmed, former showrunner David West Learn has left the manufacturing over artistic variations concerning the season’s ending, Deadline added. Now, Lee Eisenberg is in negotiations to imagine showrunner duties for the final two episodes and the season’s “seemingly” reshoots, in line with the outlet.
The half-hour comedy sequence stars McConaughey and Harrelson as themselves because the actors and their households attempt to cohabitate on McConaughey’s Texas ranch. Apple TV+ introduced the undertaking greater than two years in the past, calling the present “a heartfelt odd couple love story revolving across the unusual and exquisite bond between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.”
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Learn was billed because the creator of the present, and he served as an govt producer alongside, McConaughey, Harrelson, Invoice Bost, Jeremy Plager, Jason Winer (who directed a number of episodes), and Skydance Tv’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell, in line with Selection.
Oona Yaffe, Highdee Kuan, Nolan Almeida, Ella Grace Helton, and Noah Carganilla may also star within the present, taking part in McConaughey and Harrelson’s youngsters, in line with Deadline.
Beforehand, Learn wrote the books for the stage musicals & Juliet and In Goals, wrote for and executive-produced Schitt’s Creek, and tailored the M.O. Walsh novel The Huge Door Prize into an Apple TV+ comedy sequence.
Eisenberg additionally has historical past with Apple TV+, as an govt producer of Stick and a creator or co-creator of the TV reveals Little America, WeCrashed, and Classes in Chemistry. He additionally co-created Jury Obligation for Freevee.
McConaughey and Harrelson’s upcoming comedy sequence — which has passed by the titles Brothers and Brother From One other Mom— is the most recent of their many collaborations. The 2 actors beforehand costarred within the movies Welcome to Hollywood, EDtv, and Surfer, Dude; the TV present True Detective; and, currently, a sequence of Salesforce TV commercials, together with a Tremendous Bowl 2025 spot.