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Netflix Announces Three-Part Matthew Perry Documentary

The series promises a fuller portrait using unreleased family archives alongside testimony to confront Perry’s fame and long struggle with addiction.

Overview

  • Netflix announced the three-part series and set its premiere for October 27, 2026.
  • Emmy-winning director Mary Robertson led the project and the film draws on longtime friends and the family’s previously unreleased photos and videos.
  • Matthew Perry’s sister, Mia Perry Bowick, speaks publicly at length in the documentary for the first time and says she wants viewers to see him as a whole person beyond his role as Chandler Bing.
  • The film places Perry’s public fight with substance use in context by noting his October 28, 2023 death from an accidental ketamine overdose and the later convictions of five people linked to his care and drug supply.
  • Relatives in Canada founded the Matthew Perry House to help people with addiction disorders and the documentary could renew public attention on addiction treatment and related legal and medical issues.