With a little over a week to go until the season premiere of The Agency, a new trailer has landed online for the political thriller series. Based on the acclaimed French drama Le Bureau des Legendes, the series stars Michael Fassbender as a CIA agent who is forced to abandon his undercover life, leaving everything […]
A New Golden Age of Espionage TV Shows?
In the wake of the success of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, Chris Connor looks forward to a new golden age of TV spy shows… Espionage and TV have a long and often hugely successful history; if we look at acclaimed adaptations of John Le Carre’s work including The Night Manager and Alec Guinness-led adaptations of […]
Michael Fassbender is a CIA agent in crisis in trailer for Paramount’s starry spy series The Agency
Showtime and Paramount+ have released the trailer for their espionage thriller The Agency, which stars The Killer‘s Michael Fassbender as a CIA agent in crisis when a long-forgotten love re-enters his life. An adaptation of the French television series Le Bureau des Legendes, The Agency features a stellar ensemble that includes Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith, Katherine […]
Michael Fassbender to lead George Clooney’s US remake The Agency
X-Men and Alien: Covenant star Michael Fassbender has been chosen to lead George Clooney’s Paramount series The Agency, a remake of the French political drama The Bureau. 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 […]
