NEIGHBORS Trailer Teases HBO and A24’s Wild Reality Series About Petty Feuds Gone Off the Rails
HBO and A24 are teaming up for something delightfully unhinged. The trailer for Neighbors is here, and it promises a front row seat to some of the most absurd and emotionally charged neighbor conflicts you can imagine.
This is reality TV at its rawest, funniest, and occasionally most uncomfortable, all centered on what happens when everyday disputes spiral completely out of control.
The six episode late night series premieres February 13, and comes from the same creative circle behind Marty Supreme. Each episode drops viewers into a brand new standoff, capturing neighbors deep in the middle of their grievances.
Property lines are argued like courtroom dramas. Pets become flashpoints. At one point, a yellow Speedo somehow becomes a central issue. These are not calm conversations over a fence. These are full blown territorial battles.
Directed by Harrison Fishman and Dylan Redford, the series was filmed over two years with the filmmakers traveling across the country and embedding themselves in the lives of their subjects.
The conflicts stretch from Montana ranch land to Florida beach towns to quiet Indiana suburbs, giving the show a surprisingly broad snapshot of how universal these disputes really are. This also marks A24’s first unscripted series, which makes the whole thing even more intriguing.
In an interview with Esquire, Fishman and Redford explained what pulled them toward this project in the first place.
“What really got us interested was the idea that, when you’re watching these videos, you’re only seeing one perspective,” Fishman said. “We were interested in the story behind those videos. The world behind that one video, and the other person and what their side of the story was.”
That approach shapes the entire series. Instead of dunking on its subjects or turning them into punchlines, Neighbors slows things down and lets both sides speak. Redford emphasized that the goal was understanding, not ridicule.
“There is competing truth we empathize with and understand,” said Redford. “We’re not interested in approaching them as crazy, kooky people because we don’t believe that. We fundamentally believe that what they’re dealing with is real, takes up a lot of space emotionally and psychologically, and we want to validate that.”
That mindset gives the show an oddly human edge. Yes, the situations are ridiculous at times, but they are also personal. Anyone who has ever had a parking dispute, a noise complaint, or a passive aggressive note taped to their door will probably see a little of themselves in these stories.
The series is executive produced by the Marty Supreme team of Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, and JP Lopez Ali for Central Pictures, with Fishman, Redford, and A24 also serving as executive producers.
Neighbors looks like it’s going to be messy, funny, and weirdly relatable. It taps into that part of the brain that can’t stop watching a neighborhood argument unfold, while also digging into why these conflicts matter so much to the people living them.
HBO has another addictive late night watch on its hands, and this one feels primed to spark some heated conversations of its own.