Tim Robbins to co-star in HBO drama from creator of 'Six Feet Under'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Tim Robbins, whose best known for his role as Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption is headed back to television. According to Deadline, the Oscar-winning actor will co-star in a currently untitled drama series from the mind of Alan Ball, who created other hit shows for HBO before like Six Feet Under and True Blood.

            The series will have 10 episodes and follows a multi-racial family that includes Greg Bishop, a philosophy professor and the patriarch for the family along with his lawyer wife Audrey who will be played by Holly Hunter. They have three adopted children from Somalia, Vietnam and Colombia as well as a biological child. Everything seems normal when one day, we discover that one of the children begins to see things that others cannot. There are not many more details other than that but it sure sounds like a mystery and I’m excited to see what a mind like Ball’s can do with Robbins and Hunter already on board the HBO series.

            Robbins will make his return to HBO after starring, directing and producing The Brink that ran for only one season. He was seen recently at the Sundance Film Festival for his film, Marjorie Prime opposite Jon Hamm and Geena Davis, a movie in which he also co-produced.