Matt Bomer’s ‘Fellow Travelers’ Lands Series Order At Showtime
deadline.comFellow Travelers, a series based on the Thomas Mallon novel starring and exec produced by Matt Bomer, has landed a greenlight at Showtime.The network has ordered the eight-part limited series, which is created and exec produced by Ron Nyswaner, the Oscar nominated writer of Philadelphia who also served as a co-exec producer on Showtime’s Ray Donovan.Fremantle, the company behind American Gods and The Mosquito Coast, is co-producing with Showtime.
Daniel Minahan, who has directed Halston and American Crime Story: Versace, will executive produce and direct the first two episodes.
Robbie Rogers (All American) also exec produces.Fellow Travelers is a love story and political thriller, chronicling the volatile romance of two very different men who meet in the shadow of McCarthy-era Washington.
Bomer will play handsome, charismatic Hawkins Fuller, who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the scenes career in politics.
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