‘Brothers’ Trailer: First Look At Real-Life Best Friends Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson In Apple Comedy Series

We’re getting the first look at Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in Apple TV’s upcoming comedy series Brothers.

The series follows McConaughey and Harrelson, who play fictionalized versions of themselves, and whose friendship is thrown into chaos when they uncover a decades-old secret: they might actually be brothers. After Woody’s daughter’s engagement falls apart, he loads up the family and heads to Austin for an extended stay at Matthew’s ranch. But what begins as a healing getaway quickly spirals when Matthew’s mother, Ma Mac (played by Holland Taylor), accidentally lets slip a long-buried secret that the two friends might actually be brothers. As Woody turns the ranch upside down in pursuit of the truth, Matthew finds himself juggling an entirely different identity crisis: a potential run for Governor of Texas. The result is a heartfelt, chaotic, and wildly funny story about friendship, family, fame, and the messy line between myth and reality.

There have long been rumors that longtime friends McConaughey and Harrelson might be related. Harrelson told Esquire magazine in 2023, “I don’t know because we haven’t done the testing. But I can say that there’s a lot of almost insane coincidences. His mom had a relationship with my dad right around the time he was conceived. That seems like a big coincidence.”

The ensemble cast also includes Natalie Martinez, Brittany Ishibashi, Nolan Almeida, Ella Grace Helton, Noah Carganilla, Highdee Kuan, Oona Yaffe and Holland Taylor.

Brothers is produced for Apple TV by Paramount Television Studios. The series is executive produced by McConaughey and Harrelson and showrun and executive produced by Lee Eisenberg. Natalie Sandy, David West Read, Trish Hofmann, Bill Bost, Jason Winer, David Finkel & Brett Baer and Jeremy Plager also executive produce. Trent O’Donnell directs multiple episodes including the pilot.

The eight-episode comedy will premiere on Apple TV with the first two episodes on Wednesday, September 23, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through November 4.