''Fellow Travelers'' is an upcoming American

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television miniseries based on the 2007 fictional novel of the same name by

Thomas Mallon Thomas Mallon (born November 2, 1951) is an American novelist, essayist, and critic. His novels are renowned for their attention to historical detail and context and for the author's crisp wit and interest in the "bystanders" to larger historical ...

. Starring

Matt Bomer Matthew Staton Bomer (born October 11, 1977) is an American actor. He is the recipient of accolades such as a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 2000, he made his television debut o ...

and

Jonathan Bailey Jonathan Stuart Bailey (born 25 April 1988) is an English actor. Known for his comedic, dramatic, and musical roles on stage and screen, he is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award and a nomination for a Evening Standard Theatre Award. Ba ...

, it centers on the decades-long romance between two men who first meet during the height of

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in the 1950s.

Premise

After a chance encounter in Washington D.C. in the 1950s, Hawkins Fuller (Bomer) and Timothy Laughlin (Bailey) start a volatile romance that spans "the

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protests of the 1960s, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s and the

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of the 1980s, while facing obstacles in the world and in themselves".

Cast

Main

as Hawkins Fuller *

as Tim Laughlin

Supporting

* Allison Williams as Lucy Smith *

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as Marcus Hooks * Noah J. Ricketts as Frankie Hines *

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as Senator Wesley Smith * Will Brill as Cohn *

Chris Bauer Mark Christopher Bauer (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his television work in ''The Wire'', ''Third Watch'', ''True Blood'', ''Survivor's Remorse,'' '' The Deuce and'' the Apple TV+ original science fiction spac ...

as McCarthy * Erin Neufer as Mary Johnson * Matt Visser as David Schine *

Christine Horne Christine Horne (born December 14, 1981, in Aurora, Ontario) is a Canadian actress who co-starred with Ellen Burstyn in the movie ''The Stone Angel''. She received her BFA in Theatre at York University in 2004 and has since become an establish ...

as Jean Kerr

Production

Development

A television adaptation of Mallon's work was in development as a co-production from

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for

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as of October 2021. Showtime officially greenlit the series in April 2022, with the screenplay written by

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who also serves as executive producer. Other executive producers include

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, who is directing the first two episodes.

Casting

Alongside the greenlight announcement in April 2022, it was announced

would executive produce the series and star as Hawkins Fuller. Allison Williams joined the cast in June as Lucy Smith. It was announced in July that

would star opposite Bomer as Tim Laughlin.

Filming

Filming began in

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on July 27, 2022 and ended on December 9, 2022.

References

External links

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