The Agency First Look From Paramount+
Paramount+ with SHOWTIME today revealed the first photos from its espionage political thriller The Agency, starring Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Richard Gere.
Currently in production in London, The Agency is commissioned by Showtime Studios and produced in association with 101 Studio. George Clooney and Grant Heslov are executive producers through Smokehouse Pictures.
A fresh take on the critically acclaimed hit French drama Le Bureau des Legendes, The Agency will debut on demand and streaming for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan before its on-air debut.
The series will 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. The premiere date will be announced soon.
In addition to Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Richard Gere, the previously announced cast includes series regulars Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, and Reza Brojerdi.
The recurring cast members include Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.
The all-new political thriller 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.
Le Bureau des Legendes centers on the daily life and missions of agents within France’s principal external security service. It focuses on the “Bureau of Legends,” 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. Le Bureau des Legendes was created by Eric Rochant and is a CANAL+ Creation Originale series produced by TOP – The Originals Productions and Federation Studios.
The Agency is executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz (Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios); David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari (101 Studios); George Clooney and Grant Heslov (Smokehouse Pictures); Alex Berger (TOP – The Originals Productions); Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton (Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America); and Michael Fassbender.
Jez and John-Henry Butterworth are writers and executive producers. Joe Wright is the executive producer and director for the first two episodes.
