Netflix just dropped the BIGGEST BOMBSHELL of the year š„š„ ā Matthew McConaughey, Cole Hauser, and mastermind Nic Pizzolatto are officially TEAMING UP for a brand-new and mysterious series! š„š± āThe Brothers Projectā has officially landed at Netflix, promising to become the blockbuster that will shake all of Hollywood. What happens when these three powerhouse names collide? The answer is something you wonāt be able to look away fromā¦ š
Netflix Lands Matthew McConaughey, Cole Hauser, Nic Pizzolatto Show in Bidding War.
The series is being backed by Skydance Sports.
Matthew McConaughey, Cole Hauser, Nic PizzolattoĀ Swan Gallet/WWD/Getty Images; Noam Galai/Getty Images; Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images
As August comes to a close, Hollywood has been hit by some heat: A bidding war over a red-hot television project that included several major streamers ā and with Netflix coming out on top.
The mysterious and as-yet-untitled project brings together three intriguing names:Ā True DetectiveĀ creatorĀ Nic Pizzolatto, hisĀ True DetectiveĀ season one co-leadĀ Matthew McConaugheyĀ andĀ YellowstoneĀ fan favoriteĀ Cole Hauser. Skydance Sports is the company behind the project.
Sources say Amazon, Apple and Netflix were on the court for this one, with Netflix winning. The project is considered in development with deals with McConaughey and Hauser to star are being finalized.
Notably absent from the mix was HBO, which has had a rocky relationship with Pizzolatto, who last year openly dissed the networkās fourth season of the anthology crime drama he created. McConaughey, meanwhile, was previously in talks to potentially star in aĀ YellowstoneĀ spinoff series. Creator Taylor Sheridan hasĀ instead developed a differentĀ YellowstoneĀ spinoffĀ titledĀ The Dutton Ranch, starring Hauser andĀ Kelly Reilly. Going back further, McConaughey and Hauser also starred in Richard LinklaterāsĀ Dazed and Confused, giving both actors early-career breakouts. So this new project is rather interesting combination of talent with an intertwining history.
Details are scarce, but the project is being referred to as āThe Brothers Projectā due to McConaughey and Hauser playing brothers. What kind of brothers and in what is setting is unclear, but given itās from Skydance Sports, one imagines thereās a sports angle.
This is not to be confused with McConaugheyāsĀ otherĀ brothers project that also has ties toĀ True DetectiveĀ season one ā an Apple TV+ comedy that has McConaughey re-teaming with Woody Harrelson.
Netflix had no comment on the project.
McConaughey has a notable fall ahead of him as he returns to movies for the first time since 2019. Among the films isĀ The Lost Bus, a true life drama centered on the Camp Fire that is directed by Paul Greengrass. The movie is due to have its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival Sept. 5. He is repped by WME and Yorn Levine.
Pizzolatto will also be at TIFF this year. His crime dramaĀ Easyās Waltz, which he wrote and directed and that stars Vince Vaughn and Al Pacino, is scheduled to premiere there. He is repped by WME and Anonymous Content.
Hauser has found renewed stardom thanks to hisĀ YellowstoneĀ work, which has allowed him to focus on movies and other projects when heās not in Sheridan Land. He is repped by IAG and Yorn Levine.