Aug. 31 (UPI) — Halston actor Ewan McGregor and Good Lord Bird alum Ethan Hawke are teaming up for the first time to play half-brothers in Apple Original Films’ Raymond and Ray.
Rodrigo Garcia, who has worked on In Treatment and Albert Nobbs, wrote and plans to direct the drama about the titular family members, “who have lived in the shadow of a terrible father.”
“Somehow, they still each have a sense of humor, and his funeral is a chance for them to reinvent themselves,” a synopsis released by Apple said Monday. “There’s anger, there’s pain, there’s folly, there might be love, and there’s definitely grave-digging.”
Roma Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron is a producer on the film.
McGregor has starred in Trainspotting, the Star Wars film franchise, Big Fish, Moulin Rouge, Beauty and the Beast, Doctor Sleep and Fargo. He will soon be seen in an Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff series on Disney+
Hawke’s other credits include Dead Poets Society, Before Sunrise, Reality Bites, Training Day, Boyhood and First Reformed.
Upcoming projects include Moon Knight, The Northman and The Black Phone.