Netflix today announced it has ordered the new series BEEF from Lee Sung Jin and A24 starring Oscar nominee Steven Yeun and Ali Wong.
Logline: BEEF follows two people who let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
Format: 10-episode; 30-minute Dramedy.
Creator/Showrunner/Executive Producer: Lee Sung Jin (Dave, Tuca & Bertie)
Star/Executive Producer: Steven Yeun (Minari) producing through his company Universal Remote
Star/Executive Producer: Ali Wong (Always Be My Maybe, Baby Cobra, Hard Knock Wife, Tuca & Bertie; Author of the New York Times bestseller “Dear Girls”)
Studio: A24
Lee Sung Jin quote: “Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, A24 and Netflix. It’s a dream team, and I’m honored to be collaborating with them. I’m also grateful to the guy who yelled at me in traffic three years ago. I did not let it go, and now we have a show.”
Jinny Howe, VP, Drama Development, Original Series at Netflix: “We are incredibly excited to collaborate with Lee Sung Jin and help bring this rich series to life along with the inimitable Steven Yeun and Ali Wong. Sung Jin has created a bold and at times outrageous world. It is an honest and powerful character study of two people who go about searching for connection in the unlikeliest of ways.”