The Crowded Room is an American psychological thriller television miniseries created by Akiva Goldsman and inspired by the 1981 non-fiction novel The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes. Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, and Emmy Rossum lead a supporting cast that includes Sasha Lane, Will Chase, Lior Raz, Laila Robins, and Henry Eikenberry.[1]The Crowded Room Season 1 Download
The series follows Danny Sullivan (Holland) after he was arrested for his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979. Danny unveils his life through a series of interviews with interrogator Rya Goodwin (Seyfried), and slowly details to Rya, and the audience, his mysterious past that led him to the fateful incident. As Danny retrospectively examines his life, he reckons with his past and a few pivotal moments, that ultimately leads him to uncover a life-altering revelation.
The Crowded Room premiered on Apple TV+ on June 9, 2023, with three episodes. The next seven episodes will be released weekly, concluding on July 28, 2023.In April 2021, Akiva Goldsman was set to write The Crowded Room, a 10-episode anthology television series with season one as the adaptation of Daniel Keyes’ nonfiction novel The Minds of Billy Milligan for Apple TV+. Goldsman was also set to produce the series through his Weed Road company with Tom Holland, Alexandra Milchan through EMJAG Productions, and Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer through New Regency.[8] The first season was later revealed to actually be based on Goldsman’s own life with inspiration from Keyes’ book. Kornél Mundruczó was hired to direct the first season and serve as an executive producer as well alongside Suzanne Heathcote.[9] Writers for the first season include Akiva Goldsman, Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth, Suzanne Heathcote, Cortney Norris and Gregory Lessans.[3]In April 2021, Holland was cast in the lead role of season one, initially believed to be Billy Milligan, but later revealed to be a character named Danny Sullivan (still loosely based on Milligan).[8] Goldsman was quoted saying that Holland was “the first and only person” he approached to play Danny.[10] In February 2022, Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum, Will Chase, Sasha Lane, Christopher Abbott and Emma Laird would be added to the cast.[9][11][12] In May, Jason Isaacs and Lior Raz joined the cast.[13]