Jelani Alladin, Noah J. Ricketts, Linus Roache to Join Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in Fellow Travelers | Playbill

Film & TV News Jelani Alladin, Noah J. Ricketts, Linus Roache to Join Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey in Fellow Travelers

Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner created the eight-episode limited Showtime series, also starring Allison Williams.

Jelani Alladin, Noah J. Ricketts, and Linus Roache [L-R] Susan Stripling; Sam Pickart; Beowulf Sheehan

Jelani Alladin (The Walking Dead World Beyond, Frozen), Noah J. Ricketts (American Gods, To My Girls), and Linus Roache (Batman Begins, Richard II) have joined cast of the new Showtime series Fellow Travelers.

As previously reported, Olivier winner Jonathan Bailey (Company, Bridgerton, Cock), Emmy nominee Matt Bomer (The Normal Heart, The Boys in the Band), and Allison Williams (Get Out, Girls, Peter Pan Live) will star.

Jonathan Bailey, Matt Bomer, and Allison Williams Jason Heatherington - Joseph Marzullo - Shutterstock

Based on the novel by Thomas Mallon, Fellow Travelers chronicles the four-decade, volatile romance of two men who meet in the shadow of McCarthy-era Washington: Hawkins Fuller (Bomer), who avoids emotional entanglements, and Fordham University graduate Tim Laughlin (Bailey), who is brimming with idealism and religious faith.

Alladin will play Marcus Hooks, a journalist covering the Senate beat while confronting the racism he encounters daily; Ricketts will play Frankie Hines, a drag performer who works in the underground gay nightspot Cozy Corner; and Roach will play Senator Wesley Smith, a career politician and family man who is like a father to Hawk.

Created by Oscar nominee Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia), the eight-episode series is executive-produced by Bomer and Nyswaner with Robbie Rogers. Daniel Minahan will executive produce and direct the first two episodes; Fremantle co-produces with Showtime. 

Filming will begin later this month in Toronto.

 
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