The list of comedies on Apple TV+ will expand with the addition of 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 bear a name — seems to have a lot in common with Ted Lasso, another sports-themed comedy that was an enormous success for Apple TV+.
Owen Wilson becomes latest star with an Apple TV+ series
Ted Lasso focused on a haplessly optimistic American football coach (played by Jason Sudeikis) recruited to lead an English soccer team. In his upcoming series, Owen Wilson will play a hapless golfer taking a try at coaching. The similarities are hard to miss.
Apple TV+ describes the upcoming series like this:
“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 a successful run of Loki on Disney+. Before that, he starred in Wedding Crashers and The Royal Tenenbaums.
Jason Keller (Ford v Ferrari) created and wrote the as-yet-unnamed Apple TV+ show. 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+ only recently greenlit the series, Wilson’s big premiere on Apple’s streaming service remains many months away. Only time will tell if it can match the huge success of Ted Lasso.
