George Clooney is headed again to tv. The actor will star in The Department (working title), which is headed to Showtime. The sequence is impressed by the French Drama Le Bureau des Legendes.
The sequence will take viewers again into the spy world within the custom of Homeland, which aired for eight seasons on the cable community. Clooney will government produce the sequence alongside Grant Heslov.
Showtime revealed extra in regards to the new sequence in a press launch.
“SHOWTIME has positioned a straight-to-series order for THE DEPARTMENT (w/t) to be directed by George Clooney. Clooney and Grant Heslov will government produce by means of their Smokehouse Pictures with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios set to provide.
“THE DEPARTMENT, based on the riveting and brilliant series The Bureau, will follow in the great tradition of HOMELAND, one of the most successful and brand-defining shows at SHOWTIME,” stated Chris McCarthy, President/CEO, Showtime and Paramount Media. “Just as HOMELAND elevated global espionage to new heights, THE DEPARTMENT will take viewers even deeper into a world of intrigue and subterfuge with complicated characters who struggle with their own demons as they fight existential threats to the nation and the world.”
Le Bureau facilities on the every day life and missions of brokers inside France’s principal exterior safety service. It focuses on the “Bureau of Legends,” accountable for coaching and dealing with deep-cover brokers on long-term missions in areas with French pursuits. Living underneath false identities for years, these brokers’ missions are to determine and recruit good intelligence sources. The New York Times named it one of many high worldwide exhibits of the last decade, and NPR has referred to as it “addictively suspenseful” and “one of the best TV shows in the world.”
Le Bureau Des Legendes (The Bureau) was created by Eric Rochant and is a CANAL+ Creation Originale sequence produced by TOP – The Originals Productions (Alex Berger, Eric Rochant) and Federation Studios (Pascal Breton). Production is slated to begin later this 12 months.
“We are delighted to extend The Bureau’s DNA through THE DEPARTMENT for SHOWTIME with our friends at MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios,” stated Alex Berger, President and Executive Producer at The Originals Productions (TOP). “The Originals Productions (TOP), Federation and Paramount are taking our franchise to the next level, making a new high-stake international espionage show set today in a very complex geopolitical environment.”
Added Guillaume Pommier, Co-Head of Distribution at Federation: “We couldn’t dream of a better partner home than SHOWTIME to adapt The Bureau. They share with us the passion, the vision and the ambition for this amazing show, combined with their strong premium global network which will bring THE DEPARTMENT to the world.”
“We are thrilled to be partnering with George & Grant on this amazing project,” stated David Glasser, CEO of 101 Studios. Paramount+/Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios has been an unbelievable house to so lots of our tasks, and we’re excited to as soon as once more work alongside Chris McCarthy, Keith Cox, Nina Diaz and their unbelievable groups.”
A premiere date for The Department shall be introduced later.
What do you suppose? Do you intend to take a look at this new spy drama on Showtime?