Will Ferrell to Star in Netflix ‘GOLF’ Comedy

Lesley Goldberg
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Netflix is ready to tee off with Will Ferrell.

In his first scripted TV comedy series, Ferrell will star in a scripted comedy series titled GOLF. The streamer has picked up 10 episodes of the series, which is co-created by Ferrell, Ramy Youssef — who will also have an onscreen role — and Josh Rabinowitz (Babes, Ramy, The Carmichael Show).

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In GOLF, Ferrell will play a fictional golf legend. Details on Youssef’s part are being kept under wraps though sources say the show isn’t a two-hander. (Netflix also stresses that GOLF should be capitalized, though it’s unclear if it’s an acronym.)

Youssef and Rabinowitz, who previously teamed for Hulu’s critically praised comedy Ramy, will serve as showrunners and exec produce GOLF alongside Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor for Gloria Sanchez Productions. Rian Johnson (Peacock’s Poker Face), Ram Bergman and Nena Rodrigue will exec produce for T-Street, while Andy Campagna will exec produce for Cairo Cowboy.

For Ferrell, GOLF marks his biggest scripted acting role to date. After breaking out on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, he guest starred in Grace Under Fire and Living Single before starring opposite Paul Rudd in the Apple limited series The Shrink Next Door, and exec producing Netflix’s Dead to Me and HBO’s Succession. In features, the comedy legend counts Elf, Anchorman, Step Brothers, Old School, Wedding Crashers, Zoolander, Talladega Nights and Daddy’s Home. He next reprises his voice role in Despicable Me 4 and the Netflix documentary Will & Harper alongside his friend, Harper Steele. He’s repped by UTA, Mosaic and Jackoway Austen.

Youssef, for his part, exec produces the Netflix comedy Mo and has the Amazon animated series #1 Happy Family USA. He recently debuted his second comedy special, More Feelings, for HBO and A24. Youssef recently helmed an episode of FX’s The Bear and made his feature debut in Poor Things. He’s repped by WME, Entertainment 360 and Yorn Levine.

Rabinowitz penned the Pamela Adlon-directed feature Babes with his Broad City cohort Ilana Glazer and also counts Rel among his credits. He’s repped by UTA, Entertainment 360 and Yorn Levine.

The pickup for GOLF comes as Netflix continues to push into what it calls “sports-adjacent” programming. The streaming giant is fresh off the November live stream of The Netflix Cup, a crossover with pro golfers and Formula 1 drivers and found success with the docuseries Full Swing.

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