Showtime Series "Fellow Travelers" Casts Matt Bomer as the Lead

Showtime Series “Fellow Travelers” Casts Matt Bomer as the Lead

Showtime has ordered the limited series Fellow Travelers with Matt Bomer as the lead. It’s an eight-part political drama based on the novel by Thomas Mallon. The series plot revolves around a love story and political thriller. It chronicles the volatile romance of two men who meet in McCarthy-era Washington. Ron Nyswaner is adapting the book. Daniel Minahan will direct the first two episodes of the Showtime limited series. In addition to Fellow Travelers, Minahan has also directed Halston and Deadwood: The Movie. Matt Bomer will play Hawkins Fuller, a charming political operative, who falls in love with the doe-eyed Tim Laughlin. Unfortunately, their romance starts just as Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, declare war on “subversives and sexual deviants” in the capital. Matt Bomer, Ron Nyswaner, and Robbie Rogers will executive produce the project. Fremantle and Showtime will co-produce the series Fellow Travelers.

Matt Bomer Finds Yet Another Lead in Television

The actor is no stranger to starring roles on television. Matt Bomer made headlines with his portrayal of the con artist and thief Neil Caffrey in the USA series White Collar. He also starred in the series The Sinner and American Horror Story. Now he will play Hawkins Fuller in the series Fellow Travelers. The Showtime limited series will span four decades and show Fuller and Laughlin crossing paths through many historical events. It will cover the Vietnam War protests, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the 1970s, and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Matt Bomer previously starred in the HBO film The Normal Heart, which covered the AIDS crisis as well. Bomer received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role in The Normal Heart. The series Fellow Travelers is said to be an exploration of character and American life.