Academy Award Nominee Jeffrey Wright joins Michael Fassbender in the Paramount+ political thriller, The Agency.
Paramount+ with SHOWTIME today announced that Academy Award® nominee and EMMY® and Golden Globe-winning actor Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) will join the cast of the espionage political thriller THE AGENCY (formerly The Department) for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME as a series regular. THE AGENCY, currently in production in London, is commissioned by Showtime Studios and produced in association with 101 Studios. George Clooney and Grant Heslov will executive produce through Smokehouse Pictures.
THE PREMISE
The all-new political thriller follows Martian (two-time Academy Award nominee 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 profession, true identity, and purpose are in conflict with his emotions. Hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage. Wright will play Henry, the Director of Operations and mentor to Martian.
CHRIS MCCARTY
“Jeffrey Wright doesn’t just portray characters – he inhabits them completely, infusing each role with raw, emotional power and profound, psychological insight,” said Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President/CEO, Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios. “We are thrilled to have him join Michael Fassbender and our creative dream team of Joe Wright, Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, Grant Heslov and George Clooney.”
JEFFREY WRIGHT
Jeffrey Wright is a Tony, Emmy, AFI, and Golden Globe Award-winning actor. He has enjoyed an illustrious career spanning the worlds of theatre, film, and television. Jeffrey Wright is currently delivering one of his finest performances in the Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios’ production, ‘American Fiction’. Written and directed by Cord Jefferson. Wright received nominations from the Academy Awards, Gotham Awards, and Golden Globe Awards.
Critics Choice Awards, SAG Awards and NAACP Image Awards. And won the Independent Spirit Award, for his wonderful performance as protagonist, “Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison.” Coming up, Wright will star opposite Denzel Washington in the Spike Lee directed, Apple Original Films and A24 thriller, High and Low. And he will join season two of the award-winning HBO drama “The Last Of Us.”
THE AGENCY
THE AGENCY is a fresh take on the critically acclaimed hit French drama Le Bureau des Légendes (The Bureau internationally). And will debut 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, and Italy. Germany, Latin America, Brazil and Japan. The series is co-distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution and Federation Studios.
LE BUREAU
Le Bureau 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. “The Bureau – Le Bureau des Légendes” was created by Eric Rochant and is a CANAL+ Création Originale series, produced by TOP – The Originals Productions and Federation Entertainment.
BEHIND THE SCENES
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. 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 from 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 the executive producer and director of the first two episodes.
The Agency is currently in production and will shown at a future date.
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