Bobby Cannavale has been enlisted as Julia Roberts co-star on her Amazon drama series, Homecoming.
Homecoming, based on Gimlet Media’s breakout fictional podcast, is written by the podcast’s creators Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg and directed by Sam Esmail, creator of Mr. Robot. It is a psychological thriller that centers on Heidi (Roberts), a caseworker at a secret government facility, and a soldier (Stephen James) eager to rejoin civilian life. Cannavale will play Colin Belfast, the ambitious off-site supervisor of the Homecoming Initiative.
Amazon is going all in on Homecoming which is receiving a two-season straight to series order.
