Netflix has won out in a bidding war for a new series starring Matthew McConaughey and Cole Hauser that hails from creator Nic Pizzolatto.
Variety has confirmed that the project is currently in development at Netflix, though final deals for the two leads are still being ironed out. Plot details are scarce, aside from the fact that McConaughey and Hauser would play brothers. Skydance Sports will produce.
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Netflix declined to comment.
The series marks another reunion for McConaughey and Pizzolatto, following their highly successful collaboration on the first season of “True Detective” at HBO. The pair were also meant to re-team on the FX project “Redeemer,” though that series ultimately did not move forward. Most recently, it was reported that McConaughey would star in a movie based on Mickey Spillane’s and Max Allan Collins’ “Mike Hammer” books with a script by Pizzolatto.
It is also the latest “True Detective” reunion in TV for McConaughey, who is set to star alongside his Season 1 co-star Woody Harrelson in the Apple TV+ comedy “Brothers.” That show is inspired by the pair’s real friendship and recently completed filming.
Hauser is best known for playing Rip Wheeler in the hit Paramount series “Yellowstone.” Hauser and his co-star, Kelly Reilly, are set to star in a spinoff series that recently added Oscar nominee Annette Bening to its cast.
Pizzolatto is best known for “True Detective,” though he is also an award-winning novelist. His books are translated in over 30 languages, and he is a multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominee, with two Writer’s Guild Awards. Recent work includes his first film as writer-director, “Easy’s Waltz,” which is due to premiere at TIFF in September.
McConaughey is repped by WME and Yorn Levine. Hauser is repped by IAG and Yorn Levine Barnes. Pizzolatto is repped by WME and Anonymous Content.
The Hollywood Reporter first broke the development news.
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