HBO has given a production commitment to the six-episode limited drama series based Wally Lamb’s bestselling book of the same name. Ruffalo and Wally are also executive producing. 

According to Variety, the family drama follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers in a story of betrayal, sacrifice, and forgiveness, taking place against the backdrop of 20th century America.

Ruffalo stars as twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey; Leo will play Ma, mother of Dominick and Thomas; O’Donnell portrays Lisa Sheffer, a social worker for unit two at the Hatch Forensic Institute where Thomas is staying; Panjabi is Dr. Patel, Thomas’ newly appointed psychologist; Poots will play Joy Hanks, Dominick’s live-in girlfriend; Lewis is Nedra Frank, a self-absorbed grad student hired by Dominick; and Hahn portrays Dessa Constantine, Dominick’s ex-wife.

The limited series is directed, written and exec produced by Derek Cianfrance.

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Alex Wolff and Imogen Poots have been tapped to star in the crime drama Castle in the Ground that centers on a teenager who, after the untimely death of his mother, befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor and becomes embroiled in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town. 

The project was developed by Andra Gordon of American Entertainment Investors, William Woods of Woods Entertainment and Band With Pictures’ Michael Solomon. Gordon, Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, George Stranahan, John Hansen, Mark Gingras, and John Laing will executive produce. Production is currently underway in Sudbury, Canada.

Wolff is set to reprise his role in Sony’s Jumanji sequel. Poots’ credits include 28 Weeks Later, Jane Eyre, A Late Quartet, Jimi: All Is by My Side, Greetings from Tim Buckley, Green Room, Frank & Lola, and the Showtime series, Roadies. 

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HBO has given a production commitment to the six-episode limited drama series based Wally Lamb’s bestselling book of the same name. Ruffalo and Wally are also executive producing. 

According to Variety, the family drama follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers in a story of betrayal, sacrifice, and forgiveness, taking place against the backdrop of 20th century America.

Ruffalo stars as twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey; Leo will play Ma, mother of Dominick and Thomas; O’Donnell portrays Lisa Sheffer, a social worker for unit two at the Hatch Forensic Institute where Thomas is staying; Panjabi is Dr. Patel, Thomas’ newly appointed psychologist; Poots will play Joy Hanks, Dominick’s live-in girlfriend; Lewis is Nedra Frank, a self-absorbed grad student hired by Dominick; and Hahn portrays Dessa Constantine, Dominick’s ex-wife.

The limited series is directed, written and exec produced by Derek Cianfrance.

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Alex Wolff and Imogen Poots have been tapped to star in the crime drama Castle in the Ground that centers on a teenager who, after the untimely death of his mother, befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor and becomes embroiled in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town. 

The project was developed by Andra Gordon of American Entertainment Investors, William Woods of Woods Entertainment and Band With Pictures’ Michael Solomon. Gordon, Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, George Stranahan, John Hansen, Mark Gingras, and John Laing will executive produce. Production is currently underway in Sudbury, Canada.

Wolff is set to reprise his role in Sony’s Jumanji sequel. Poots’ credits include 28 Weeks Later, Jane Eyre, A Late Quartet, Jimi: All Is by My Side, Greetings from Tim Buckley, Green Room, Frank & Lola, and the Showtime series, Roadies. 

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