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The list of comedies on Apple TV+ is expanding with one starring Owen Wilson as a washed up golf pro stepping up to coach a teen in the sport.
The series — which does not yet have a name — seems to have a lot on common with Ted Lasso, another sports-themed comedy that was an enormous success for Apple TV+.
Owen Wilson is the latest star given an Apple TV+ series
Ted Lasso followed a haplessly optimistic American football coach (played by Jason Sudeikis) who is recruited to lead an English soccer team. In his upcoming series, Owen Wilson plays a hapless golfer taking a try at coaching. The similarities are hard to miss.
Apple TV+ describes the upcoming series with:
“The comedy follows Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After he gets fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store and his wife walks out on him, Pryce hedges his bets entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom.”
What makes the series interesting is, of course, its star. Owen Wilson is fresh off the successful run of Loki on Disney+. Before that, he was in Wedding Crashers and The Royal Tenenbaums.
The as-yet unnamed Apple TV+ show was created and written by Jason Keller (Ford v Ferrari). It will be directed by the team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Fleishman is in Trouble, Little Miss Sunshine, Battle of the Sexes).
Given that Apple TV+ just recently greenlit the series, Owen Wilson’s big premiere on Apple’s streaming service is many months away. Only time will tell if it can match the huge success of Ted Lasso.