Shubhabrata Dutta
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are headed to Hollywood of the South for their next project together! The filming of their upcoming Apple TV+ series ‘Brother from Another Mother’ will start in Atlanta on March 17 and conclude on June 27, 2025. David West Read created the project. The cast also includes Holland Taylor, Natalie Martinez, and Brittany Ishibashi. Taylor will play Matthew’s mother, Ma Mac; Martinez will play Matthew’s wife, Valentina; and Ishibashi will play Woody’s wife, Joy. The extended cast includes Oona Yaffe, Highdee Kuan, Nolan Almeida, Ella Grace Helton, and Noah Carganilla.
The show will focus on the strong bond McConaughey and Harrelson share. The narrative will delve into their friendship as they try to live together on the former’s ranch in Texas while grappling with their different approaches to having a family and raising kids.
In 2023, McConaughey revealed how he thinks he and Harrelson are possibly half-brothers on the ‘Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa’ podcast. Speaking candidly about their friendship, he stated how their uncanny similarities might be rooted in a yet-to-be-confirmed blood relation. During an appearance on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ Harrelson corroborated McConaughey’s words, stating the possibility that both may have the same mother.
“It’s crazy. We were in Greece watching the US team win the World Cup, and I mentioned something about regrets,” Harrelson said while appearing on the talk show. “And I said, ‘You know, it’s odd that my father has no regrets.’ And I have known Ma Mac a long time, and she goes, ‘I knew… your father.’ And it was the ellipses I found a little troubling or interesting,” he added. At the time, the two actors were considering a DNA test, which can be addressed in the upcoming series.
McConaughey is joining the show’s production after lending his voice to Cowboypool in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine‘ and Elvis Presley in Netflix’s animated action-comedy series ‘Agent Elvis.’ He also starred as Michael Pearson in Guy Ritchie’s gangster film ‘The Gentlemen,’ Moondog in Harmony Korine’s stoner comedy ‘The Beach Bum,’ Baker Dill in Steven Knight’s ‘Serenity,’ and Richard Wershe Sr. in the crime drama ‘White Boy Rick.’
Harrelson’s latest acting credits are Moe Berkus in Greg Berlanti’s rom-com ‘Fly Me to the Moon,’ starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, and Paul Warren in Laura Chinn’s ‘Suncoast,’ a coming-of-age story exploring the friendship between a teenager and an eccentric activist. The actor also played the basketball coach Marcus in Bobby Farrelly’s sports drama ‘Champions,’ and The Captain in Ruben Östlund’s ‘Triangle of Sadness.’
McConaughey and Harrelson previously starred together in the first season of HBO’s crime drama series ‘True Detective,’ which aired in 2014. Other projects in which they worked together are Adam Rifkin’s mockumentary film ‘Welcome to Hollywood,’ Ron Howard’s satirical comedy ‘EDtv,’ and S.R. Bindler’s comedy movie ‘Surfer, Dude.’
Taylor most recently starred as UBA board member Cybil Reynolds in Apple TV+’s ‘The Morning Show’ (Seasons 2 and 3) and Francine in the Hulu comedy movie ‘Quiz Lady,’ starring Awkwafina and Sandra Oh. In season 7 of Showtime’s ‘Billions,’ we saw her as Dr. Eleanor Mayer. She also played Hillary in the Julianne Moore-led comedy movie ‘Gloria Bell.’
Natalie Martinez is known for the Apple TV+comedy drama series ‘Bad Monkey,’ in which she played Dr. Rosa Campesino, and NBC’s crime drama show ‘Ordinary Joe,’ in which we saw her as Amy Kindelán. As far as films are concerned, her latest outing was as Avery Castillo in the sci-fi movie ‘Reminiscence,’ starring Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson.
Brittany Ishibashi has lent her voice to numerous high-profile projects, including ‘The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep’ (Seal Woman / Essi’s Sister), ‘Ultraman: Rising’ (Mrs. Onda), and ‘Over the Moon’ (Blue Lunette). As far as live-action is concerned, she played Claire Cormier in The CW’s ‘Tom Swift,’ Erica in Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie,’ and Karai in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,’ the sequel to ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.’
David West Read’s writing credits include CBC’s sitcom ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and Apple TV+’s mystery comedy series ‘The Big Door Prize.’
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