{"id":412533,"date":"2026-08-21T04:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412533\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T04:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:20:18","slug":"woody-harrelson-talks-his-new-texas-set-comedy-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412533\/","title":{"rendered":"Woody Harrelson talks his new Texas-set comedy \u2018Brothers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth<\/p>\n

Woody Harrelson is shining some light on his new Texas-set comedy series<\/a> co-starring Matthew McConaughey.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrothers\u201d<\/a> sees Harrelson and McConaughey play fictionalized version of themselves, whose lifelong friendship is thrown into chaos when they learn that they might actually be brothers. The eight-episode Apple TV series filmed in Austin last year<\/a> and premieres on Sept. 23.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Sarajevo Film Festival via Variety<\/a>, Harrelson joked to the audience that the show is unlike some of his and McConaughey\u2019s prior collaborations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you like \u2018True Detective\u2019 and you want more of that, it\u2019s not this,\u201d Harrelson said. \u201cWe are playing ourselves but fictional, like \u2018Curb Your Enthusiasm.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Woody Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey star in and executive produce \u201cBrothers,\u201d premiering Wednesday, September 23, 2026, on Apple TV. Apple TV \u2018Brothers\u2019 premieres this fall<\/p>\n

The series is based on Harrelson\u2019s viral story that his father met McConaughey\u2019s mother right around the time the actor was conceived. Although, the brother connection is not the only focal point of the show.<\/p>\n

After Harrelson\u2019s daughter\u2019s wedding falls apart, he loads up the family and heads to Austin for a stay on McConaughey\u2019s Texas ranch, according to Apple TV. It\u2019s there where McConaughey\u2019s mother, played by Holland Taylor, accidentally reveals that the two friends might actually be brothers.<\/p>\n

While Harrelson turns the ranch upside down for the truth, McConaughey juggles a potential run for governor of Texas.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n

\u201cBrothers\u201d began filming in Austin in March 2025 and wrapped that fall after pausing production in mid-June when showrunner David West Read exited the project due to creative differences. Shorty after Read\u2019s departure, Lee Eisenberg came on board as showrunner.<\/p>\n

In addition to the previously mentioned cast, \u201cBrothers\u201d also stars includes Natalie Martinez, Brittany Ishibashi, Nolan Almeida, Ella Grace Helton, Noah Carganilla, Highdee Kuan and Oona Yaffe.<\/p>\n

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Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Woody Harrelson is shining some light on his new Texas-set comedy series co-starring Matthew McConaughey. \u201cBrothers\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-412533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}