Rambler & the Birdie Machine

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Rambler & the Birdie Machine
Genre Sports comedy
Created by Jason Keller
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production companies
  • Apple Studios
  • Propagate Content
  • Entertainment 360
  • Piece of Work Entertainment
Original release
Network Apple TV+

Rambler & the Birdie Machine is an upcoming sports comedy television series.

Contents

Premise

A long washed up professional golfer turns towards a rising young star in the game to turn things around.

Cast

Main

Guest

Production

It was announced in March 2024 that Owen Wilson was cast to star in the series with Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris set as directors. [1] Peter Dager, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Jamie Neumann and Lilli Kay would be added to the cast in the following months. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] In August, Judy Greer would join the cast to replace Neumann, who exited for unknown reasons. [7] Timothy Olyphant would also join the cast in a guest role capacity. [8]

Filming on the series began on May 29, 2024 in Vancouver under the working title Rambler & the Birdie Machine, and was due to run until September 13. [9]

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