Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Apple Comedy Series Pauses Production as Showrunner Exits

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson‘s Apple TV+ comedy series has paused production amid creative changes at the helm of the show.

Variety has confirmed that the series, currently titled “Brothers,” had finished filming eight of its 10 episodes in Texas before the shutdown. David West Read — who served as the series’ writer, showrunner, and executive producer — has departed due to creative differences. Lee Eisenberg is currently in talks to take over as showrunner for the final episodes as well as reshoots.

Eisenberg has previously worked with Apple on the anthology series “Little America” as well as the shows “Lessons in Chemistry” starring Brie Larson and “WeCrashed” starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. His other credits include the hit Amazon series “Jury Duty” as well as “The Office.”

“Brothers” was originally announced in 2023 and is loosely inspired by the two stars’ actual friendship. The official logline states, “Matthew and Woody’s friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas.”

The cast of the series also includes Holland Taylor, Natalie Martinez, Brittany Ishibashi, Oona Yaffe, Highdee Kuan, Nolan Almeida, Ella Grace Helton, and Noah Carganilla. Both McConaughey and Harrelson will executive produce in addition to starring. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell of Skydance Television will executive produce along with Bill Bost and Jeremy Plager. Jason Winer will directed multiple episodes, including the first, and serve as executive producer. Skydance TV is the studio behind the series.

Deadline first reported the pause in production on “Brothers.”