Brendan Hunt: Last News

Ted Lasso might be ending with just three seasons, after all.

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Ted Lasso actress Annette Badland has provided an insight into what it’s like working with the show's creator Jason Sudeikis, explaining that the star always “has a very clear idea of what he wants” in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk. Jason and his ex-partner Olivia Wilde’s names made headlines today after the actress was unexpectedly handed custody documents from the father of her two children whilst speaking on stage at CinemaCon.Annette plays Mae, the no-nonsense owner of The Crown & Anchor pub in Richmond upon Thames in both seasons of the hit show Ted Lasso.The series was first conceptualised by Jason and Brendan Hunt, 50, who plays Coach Beard on the show.When asked about how Jason compared to his imaginary counterpart, Ted, Annette gave an interesting insight into what it was like working with the comedic actor.“Well, he doesn’t usually have a moustache!” she began with a laugh.“I just think he’s amazing because he’s also conceived of it, he’s taken the lead role, he’s producing…”Annette went on to explain that Jason often had a lot of input into the creative process behind the show.“He doesn’t take a directorial role but when you’re working with him he goes, ‘Could we try it that way?’ Or, ‘Ooh I’ve had an idea.’ Or, ‘Should we improvise that?’” she shared.Gushing about the former SNL cast member, Annette continued: “He’s very generous.

Jodi Balfour has joined the cast of Apple TV+'s hit series Ted Lasso.According to Deadline, the 34-year-old actress will play a 'charming venture capitalist in the upcoming third season of the Emmy Award-winning show.The South Africa native is the first new cast member to be announced and will join series regulars Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brendan Hunt, Juno Temple, Jeremy Swift, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster and Nick Mohammed, who are all returning to reprise their roles. Exciting: Jodi Balfour has joined the cast of Apple TV+'s hit series Ted Lasso.

EXCLUSIVE: Jodi Balfour (For All Mankind) has been tapped for a major recurring role on Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso. She is the first known cast addition for the upcoming third season of the Emmy-winning comedy series.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced a final round of Keynotes and Featured Speakers for the 36th annual Conference taking place in Austin, TX from March 11-20, with Ron Howard, Ted Lasso stars Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt, actor-filmmaker Gillian Jacobs, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. representative Beto O’Rourke, and musicians Brian Eno and Nathaniel Rateliff among the notable additions.

“So thank you very much.“I really appreciate it.”Brett Goldstein, Juno Temple and Hannah Waddington had also been nominated in various categories.Fans will be pleased to hear that the third season of Ted Lasso began shooting earlier this month.Brendan Hunt, who plays Coach Beard, has shared the news that season three would premiere later than usual.Series co-creator, Brendan, told TVLine: “We’re in pre-production, and scripts are written.”“We are definitely starting later this year than in season two, that’s for sure, so I would be surprised if our delivery dates were the same.“That’s above my pay grade, I don’t know for sure, but I do have a vague understanding of the limits of this dimension we call time.“I would say it seems pretty unlikely that we would [premiere] as early this year.“It’ll happen, and it’ll take longer than people want it to, [but] we’re just going to try and get it right," he added.Shows Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, The Great and The Kominsky Method were nominated in the same category as Ted Lasso for Best Comedy Cast.

Jason Sudeikis has won his second SAG Award for the second year in a row!

Ted Lasso fans may have to wait longer than usual for its season three premiere due to scheduling delays related to filming its soccer scenes.The Apple TV+ series' co-creator and actor Brendan Hunt told TVLine on Monday that a 'football wrinkle' related to when the cast and crew can film scenes on the field is holding up production.The first season of the acclaimed series — which stars Jason Sudeikis as the title character — dropped on the streaming service in August of 2020, while season two was released even earlier in July of last year. No rush: Ted Lasso season three will likely premiere later in 2022 than the first two seasons over a 'football wrinkle' — a delay in filming soccer seasons — co-creator Brendan Hunt told TVLine on Monday; star Jason Sudeikis seen in Ted LassoHunt said that viewers should expect season three to premiere later in 2022 after the start of filming was delayed.'We are definitely starting later this year than in Season 2, that’s for sure,' he said.

Ted Lasso is one of the most popular shows to have premiered during the pandemic and fans are sadly going to be waiting a while for a third season.

EXCLUSIVE: Toheeb Jimoh, who broke out this past year on the Emmy-winning series Ted Lasso, has signed with WME for representation.

Christmas came early for “Ted Lasso” fans after AppleTV+ dropped a stop-motion short special that offers a hilarious spin on a Christmas miracle.

Jason Sudeikis co-created the special, which features Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brendan Hunt, Jeremy Swift, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Phil Dunster and Nick Mohammed, who all voice their own characters.In the short, the crew is faced with quite the dilemma, and time is sensitive. The mission? Help Lasso find his mustache!Everyone's gathered in AFC Richmond's locker room and they're gobsmacked after seeing Lasso without his trademark facial feature.

The cast of Ted Lasso is all together!

R. Kelly‘s cellmate has written a comic book about the pair’s day-to-day life in prison.37-year-old Brendan Hunt, who was jailed last year for threatening to kill government officials, has spent the last few months sharing a cell with the disgraced R&B singer, who was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York in September and is due to be sentenced on May 4, 2022.According to a report from the New York Daily News, Hunt has written and illustrated a comic book titled Prison Comics, in which he discusses how the pair spend their days.

Ted Lasso co-creators/stars Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt have spoken in multiple interviews about how they’d conceived the comedy series for a three-season run. As the Apple TV+ hit is headed to Season 3, the original vision has not changed, series executive producer/showrunner Bill Lawrence told Deadline in an exclusive post-mortem interview about the Season 2 finale. 

Selome Hailu editor“Ted Lasso” took home seven Emmy awards this year after receiving 20 nominations, more than any comedy has ever received in its first season. But while the series has been critically lauded for its originality (Variety recently praised the risky storytelling of Season 2), the idea of “Ted Lasso” had been percolating for almost two decades before its premiere.Co-creators, writers and stars Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly first conceptualized the character of Ted Lasso in Amsterdam in the early 2000s while performing in the comedy troupe Boom Chicago, according to an interview with Hunt in the Daily Beast.

Brendan Hunt is reacting to a victorious night.

BRITISH actors Brett Goldstein and Hannah Waddingham won big at the Emmys for their work in feel good comedy Ted Lasso. It was the first Emmy nomination and win for both stars as Ted Lasso was up for a record-breaking 20 awards on TV's night of nights.

Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso, which scored 20 nominations this year in a record showing for a first-year show, capped a strong night Sunday at the Primetime Emmys by winning the Outstanding Comedy Series trophy.