Michael Fassbender is a Weary CIA Agent in ‘The Agency’ First Trailer
by Alex Billington
October 25, 2024
Source: YouTube
“You deployed undercover for years… people come back damaged from that!” Showtime has revealed the full official trailer for a dark clandestine thriller series called The Agency, another undercover agent series about the dangerous world of secret operations and undercover agents. This stars Michael Fassbender as the agent at the center of the story, which makes this feel like a continuation of Fincher’s The Killer movie, especially with such a similar title. Based on the French series The Bureau (2015), and created by writers Jez & John-Henry Butterwort, The Agency is an espionage thriller set within the department responsible for training and handling deep-cover agents on long-term missions who live under false identities for years, trying to identify & recruit intelligence sources. Martian (Fassbender) is 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 right into a deadly game. The impressive series cast includes 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. Ready for streaming this November if anyone wants to watch.
Here’s the first official trailer for Showtime’s thriller series The Agency, direct from YouTube:
Follows a world of even deeper intrigue and subterfuge, with characters fighting their own battles as they grapple with existential threats to the nation and the world. Martian (Fassbender), a covert CIA agent, ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left 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. The Agency is a new series created and written by brothers Jez & John-Henry Butterworth both writers of Fair Game, Edge of Tomorrow, Get on Up, Ford v Ferrari, Flag Day, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Based on the original French series titled “Le Bureau des Legendes” created by Eric Rochant. With episodes directed by Joe Wright, Zetna Fuentes, Grant Heslov, and Philip Martin. Made by Federation Entertainment, 101 Studios, Smokehouse Pictures, MTV Entertainment Studios, and The Originals. Executive produced by Keith Cox, Nina L. Diaz, David Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Alex Berger, Ashley Stern, Pascal Breton, Fassbender. Showtime will debut The Agency series streaming on Showtime starting November 29th, 2024 this fall.
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