I Know This Much Is True

HBO limited series to premiere May 10th   Based on the 1998 bestselling novel by Wally Lamb, adapted and directed by Derek Cianfrance.  This limited series follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers, played by Mark Ruffalo.  A family saga, it tells a story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th-century...

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HBO’s I Know this Much is True to premiere this spring!

The six-episode limited series, based on my novel of the same name, is set to run this spring. Via movie magic, Mark Ruffalo plays both Dominick Birdsey and his mentally troubled identical twin, Thomas. At the 2020 Television Critics Association winter press tour, writer/director Derek Cianfrance and star Mark Ruffalo discuss the challenges of filming this series. Dr. Patel (The Good Wife’s Archie Punjabi) counsels Dominick about how to negotiate the challenges of being his afflicted brother’s keeper. Psychiatric social worker Lisa Sheffer (Rosie O’Donnell) updates Dominck about his twin’s condition. Dominick (Mark Ruffalo) and Dessa, the ex-wife he still loves (Kathryn Hahn) meet outside the hospital where Thomas has been admitted after an act of self-mutilation.. Dominick’s mother Connie (Melissa Leo) gives him a suitcase. Inside is a document that holds clues about the family’s past....

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Wally interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter

Wally is featured in the most recent edition of The Hollywood Reporter, where he discusses I’ll Take You There, making a Metabook (see photo for Ben Alfonsi and Kathleen Turner recording a scene), and channeling the cinematic muse. Click HERE to check out the interview, or copy the link below....

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