The Agency Season 2 Ordered by SHOWTIME and MTV
SHOWTIME and MTV Entertainment Studios today revealed that the new espionage thriller The Agency is the most streamed new series in SHOWTIME history with 5.1 million global cross-platform viewers. The companies renewed the series following the successful launch.
The Agency debuted on Friday, November 29, on streaming and on-demand for Paramount+ subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan and on Paramount+ internationally in the UK & IRE, Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany / Switzerland / Austria, Latin America and Brazil.
The Agency features a star-studded cast, including two-time Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender and series regulars Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Reza Brojerdi and Richard Gere.
Dominic West and Hugh Bonneville are guest stars. The recurring cast includes Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.
“The success of The Agency is proof that our new SHOWTIME slate is poised to propel Paramount+ to its next phase of growth,” said Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President/CEO, SHOWTIME & MTV Entertainment Studios.
“This achievement is a testament to the creative power of the team led by George Clooney, Jez Butterworth, Joe Wright and David Glasser and our incredible cast including Michael Fassbender, Richard Gere, Jodie Turner-Smith and Jeffrey Wright.”
A fresh take on the critically acclaimed hit French drama Le Bureau des Legendes, the espionage thriller follows Martian (Michael 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 series is co-distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution and Federation Studios. The Agency will also premiere on Paramount+ in Japan next year.
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); and 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 an executive producer and directed the first two episodes for season one.
