Written by Katie Robbins, who serves as showrunner, the series is inspired by the true story of Natalia Grace and the Midwestern couple who adopted her believing she was a little girl with dwarfism, but gradually came to believe she was maybe wasn't who she said she was.
Pompeo stars in Hulu's eight-episode series.
Duplass (pictured) will play Michael Barnett, then husband of Pompeo's Kristine Barnett, and adoptive father of Natalia (Imogen Faith Reid).
In 2019, Michael (Duplass), a fun-loving father and retail manager from the Midwest, is charged with his ex-wife Kristine (Pompeo) for neglecting and abandoning their daughter Natalia, whom they adopted in 2010. Michael's world, already in the public eye because of Kristine's bestseller The Spark - about raising their son Jacob, a science prodigy - begins to crumble when he and Kristine have to tell the stories they have made up about Natalia. defend it before the court and public opinion.
Robbins is the creator, writer and executive producer of the series, which is told from multiple points of view to reflect the conflicting stories of the main characters.
Sarah Sutherland is writer/executive producer. Pompeo produces with Laura Holstein through her production company Calamity Jane. Mike Epps, Dan Spilo, Niles Kirchner and Andrew Stearn also produce.
Liz Garbus directs and produces the pilot. ABC Signature is the studio.
Duplass plays Chip Black on Apple TV+'s The Morning Show, a role that earned him an Emmy nomination in 2020 and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2022. In 2023, Dupass starred in Mel Eslyn's critically acclaimed science fiction comedy Biosphere opposite Sterling K. Brown.
Duplass previously co-created, alongside his brother Jay, and starred in HBO's Togetherness, as part of Duplass Brothers Productions' first-look deal with HBO. Other recent and upcoming Duplass Brothers Productions include the HBO documentary Last Stop Larrimah, the Netflix documentary series The Octopus Murders, Nnamdi Asomugha's feature film The Knife and the third season of HBO's Somebody Somewhere.