Showtime has dropped the official trailer for Fellow Travelers, and it is poised to be one of many cabler’s largest hits of the yr.
Headlined by Jonathan Bailey and Matt Bomer, the restricted collection premieres October 27, 2023.
Episodes will air in the future later within the UK, Australia, Latin America, South Korea, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria on Paramount+.
Fellow Travelers was created for tv by Oscar® nominee Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia, Homeland).
The collection additionally stars Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead World Beyond), Allison Williams (Get Out, Girls), and Noah J. Ricketts (American Gods).
Based on the novel by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers is an epic love story and political thriller chronicling the clandestine romance of two very totally different males who meet in McCarthy-era Washington.
Bomer performs charismatic Hawkins Fuller, who maintains a financially rewarding, behind-the-scenes political profession.
Hawkins avoids emotional entanglements – till he meets Tim Laughlin (Bailey), a younger man brimming with idealism and spiritual religion.
They start a romance simply as Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn declare battle on “subversives and sexual deviants,” initiating one of many darkest durations in Twentieth-century American historical past.
Over the course of 4 many years, we observe the lives of our 5 fundamental characters – Hawk, Tim, Marcus (Alladin), Lucy (Williams), and Frankie (Ricketts).
The collection follows them as they cross paths by means of the Vietnam War protests of the Sixties, the drug-fueled disco hedonism of the Seventies, and the AIDS disaster of the Eighties, whereas dealing with obstacles on this planet and themselves.
Bomer and Nyswaner govt produce with Robbie Rogers (All American, My Policeman) and Dee Johnson.
Daniel Minahan (Halston, American Crime Story: Versace) govt produces and in addition directs the primary two episodes.
The promo performs up the chemistry between Bailey and Bomer as they carry this secret relationship to life.
We see Hawkins undergo a horrifying ordeal when he is requested questions with a lie detector as he is requested about his relationships, together with whether or not he is had bodily contact with a person.
It’s unnerving watching these questions be requested as a result of the remainder of the promo highlights what can solely be described as a witch hunt.
We’ll be protecting this collection with a spoiler-free pre-review and weekly episodic opinions, so keep tuned for extra protection.
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