The National’s Matt Berninger and brother Tom are working on a sitcom, ‘Dos Apes’

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The National frontman Matt Berninger has revealed to NME details of a sitcom he’s been working with brother Tom, titled Dos Apes.The long-mooted project was first teased back in 2020, when the Matt Berninger told NME that he was working on a sequel acclaimed film Mistaken For Strangers, as well as a TV show.

Released in 2013, Mistaken For Strangers followed Berninger’s brother Tom as he joined the band on the road and attempted to document their journey while also failing in his role as tour manager.

Tom also directed the film.Now, in this week’s In Conversation interview with NME, Matt revealed that the project is back up and running again, having put it on ice during a period of writer’s block and depression during lockdown – with the show based on a rock band with original material and featuring members of The Walkmen.“Not unlike Frankenstein, a lightning bolt has started its heart again!” he said. “It’s a really great show.

It’s called Dos Apes, and with the pandemic we had to put it down. Dos Apes is alive, and that’s all I can say. There was nothing happening because of the writers strikes and stuff like that, but we’ll see.“I’m not going to drown in projects like I was before, but that it is one of them that I really want to do and it might happen.”Asked about the plot of the show, Berninger replied: “There’s a lot of detail from autobiographical things, but not just mine – also Walt Martin and Matt Barrick from The Walkmen have all kinds of stories.