After cleaning house during awards season, major awards taken at SAG, The Indie Spirit Awards, the Golden Globes, the Emmys, and the PGAs, the Netflix series, “Beef,” once seen as a limited series, is coming back for season two, but more as an anthology series it sounds like. Initially starring Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, the series centered on a road rage incident between two strangers and the ensuing vengeful feud that makes them both go unhinged. And it looks like the streamer, producers A24 and “Beef” creator and executive producer Lee Sung Jin have ambitious plans for what’s next and who could be the new feuding stars.
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Deadline reports on a rash of names that may appear in a second season of “Beef”: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny. Gyllenhaal and Hathaway obviously need no introduction. The other two are up-and-comers with a lot of awards season heat. Melton stole the show in Todd Haynes’ “May December” alongside Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. While he failed to score a supporting Oscar nom, he was a critical darling.
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Likewise, Spaeny is one of Hollywood’s most coveted young actresses, coming off an acclaimed lead performance in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” which won her the Best Actress prize at the Venice Film Festival. Up next, she is starring in the next iteration of the “Alien” franchise, “Alien: Romulus.” Melton is equally hot, having recently lined up roles in Alex Garland’s next movie and Todd Solondz’s next film.
Deadline says this time, “Beef” will feature two sets of feuding couples who will lead the show. Melton and Spaeny are being eyed to appear as one of the new couples in the series. Gyllenhaal and Hathaway are another pair whose names are being thrown around in the mix, though nothing seems official or certain.
Gyllenhaal and Hathaway would be a reteam from their Ed Zwick film, “Love & Other Drugs,” should they sign on the dotted line.
At the Emmys earlier this year, the series won eight Prime Time Emmys, one for Outstanding Limited Series or Anthology Series, the two leads, Best Directing, and more. “Beef” was also on our list of the Best TV Shows of 2023. Right now, these names sound like wishlists, but fingers crossed, all involved actually join the series, which would certainly make it massively anticipated beyond its already established acclaim. [Deadline]