Paramount+ announced today that production is underway on The Agency, a new political espionage thriller series starring Michael Fassbender.
Two-time Academy Award® nominee Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs, 12 Years a Slave, Macbeth, Inglorious Basterds) stars in and executive produces The Agency, the highly-anticipated new series based on the critically-acclaimed hit French drama Le Bureau des Légendes (known as The Bureau internationally).
The Bureau, hailed as “one of the best TV shows in the world” by NPR, centers on the daily life and missions of agents within DGSE, France’s principal external security service. The series focuses on the “Bureau of Legends” service, responsible for training and handling deep-cover agents on long-term missions in areas with French interests. Living under false identities for years, these agents’ missions are to identify and recruit good intelligence sources. The series was created by Eric Rochant and is a CANAL+ Creation Originale series produced by TOP – The Originals Productions and Federation Studios.
The Agency follows Martian (Fassbender), a covert CIA agent ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity, and his mission are pitted against his heart — hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.
The new series, a Showtime Original, will debut in the US on demand and on streaming for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with Showtime plan before making its on-air debut. The series will also stream internationally on Paramount+ in the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany, Latin America, Brazil, and Japan. The series is co-distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution and Federation Studios.
Golden Globe® nominee and multi-BAFTA® winner Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice, The Darkest Hour and The Atonement) will direct and executive produce the new drama series, and Tony® Award-winning writer Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (Ford v Ferrari, Edge of Tomorrow) will executive produce and write all ten episodes.
Commissioned by Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and produced in association with 101 Studios, The Agency is executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios; David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari of 101 Studios (Yellowstone); George Clooney and Grant Heslov for Smokehouse Pictures; Alex Berger for TOP-The Originals Productions; Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton for Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America; and Michael Fassbender. Jez and John-Henry Butterworth are writers and executive producers; Joe Wright is executive producer and director for the first two episodes.
Stay tuned for updates.
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