According to Variety, Matthew McConaughey (The Rivals of Amziah King, Interstellar) and Woody Harrelson‘s (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Apple TV+ comedy series has paused production of its 10-episode season. Brothers has taken a break from production due to David West Read (The Big Door Prize, Schitt’s Creek), who served as the series’ writer, showrunner, and executive producer, having departed because of creative differences. This comes after the series has finished production on eight out of the 10 episodes. Currently, the series is talking to Lee Eisenberg (Little America, Hello Ladies: The Movie) to take over as showrunner for the final episodes and any reshoots that are needed.

As per to Variety, the series was announced in 2023 and is based on the friendship between the two stars. The official log line for the series reads as follows: “Matthew and Woody’s friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas.”

According to Variety, the cast of Brothers includes McConaughey, Harrelson, Holland Taylor (The Morning Show, Legally Blonde), Natalie Martinez (Broken City, Bad Monkey), Brittany Ishibashi (The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, Political Animals), Oona Yaffe (Sleepy Hollow, Before You Know It), Highdee Kuan (The Brother Sun, Interior Chinatown), Nolan Almeida (Christmas on Repeat. Fish), Ella Grace Helton (United We Fall, Sweet Magnolias), and Noah Carganilla (COVEpod – Carganilla Online Variety Entertainment Podcast).

As per Variety, both McConaughey and Harrelson will executive produce in addition to starring. David Ellison (Star Trek Into Darkness), Dana Goldberg (Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning) and Matt Thunell (Stranger Things) of Skydance Television will executive produce along with Bill Bost (Star Trek Into Darkness) and Jeremy Plager (Triangles of Sadness). Jason Winer (Ode to Joy) will direct multiple episodes, including the first, and serve as executive producer. Skydance TV is the studio behind the series.

Via Variety, Eisenberg has worked with Apple on anthology series Little America as well as the shows Lessons in Chemistry and WeCrashed. Other credits include hit Amazon series Jury Duty as well as hit sitcom The Office.