Emmy Rossum, who starred in the first 9 seasons in Showtime’s excellent-to-excrement series Shameless (rarely has a series dropped so precipitously in quality over the last 2+ seasons of its run; notably, coinciding with Rossum’s departure), has joined Tom Holland and Amanda Seyfried in The Crowded Room, a drama that Akiva Goldsman is writing and executive producing for Apple Studios and New Regency.
Borys Kit for The Hollywood Reporter:
Kornél Mundruczó, who directed the searing Vanessa Kirby-Shia LaBeouf drama Pieces of a Woman, is directing the 10-episode first season, as well joining the ranks of executive producers.
The show is described by Apple as a “seasonal anthology” that “will explore inspirational stories of those who have struggled, and learned to successfully live with, mental illness.” The first season is designed as a thriller, based in part on Goldsman’s own life and inspired by the award-winning biography The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes.
Holland, who is also executive producing, is starring as a man named Danny Sullivan.
Rossum will play Sullivan’s mother, who is always looking for a man to fulfill her dreams of salvation.
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