<p>Los Angeles: Actor Michael Fassbender will play a CIA agent in the upcoming espionage thriller series <em>The Agency</em>, set up at streaming platform Paramount+.</p>.<p>Award-winning filmmaker Joe Wright will direct the first two episodes of the 10-part series, penned by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth.</p>.<p>Based on the French show <em>Le Bureau des Legendes</em>, the upcoming series has started production, according to The Hollywood Reporter.</p>.<p>In <em>The Agency</em>, Fassbender will play a spy agent who is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station.</p>.<p>"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," read the official synopsis.</p>.David Henrie on reuniting with Selena Gomez for 'The Wizards of Waverly Place' revival: It was great.<p>George Clooney and Grant Heslov are attached to executive produce the show via their Smokehouse Pictures alongside Fassbender, Wright and the Butterworths.</p>.<p>“Michael Fassbender is one of the most gifted actors of our time. He brings a gravitas and nuanced complexity to every character he inhabits, which is why we are so excited for him to star in <em>The Agency</em> as we start to roll out our new slate of Showtime originals,” said Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global co-CEO and president/CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios.</p>.<p>Formerly titled <em>The Department</em>, the series will stream on the platform's Paramount+ With Showtime tier.</p>.<p>Fassbender, who last starred in David Fincher's Netflix film <em>The Killer</em>, recently completed work on Steven Soderbergh's movie <em>Black Bag</em>. </p>
<p>Los Angeles: Actor Michael Fassbender will play a CIA agent in the upcoming espionage thriller series <em>The Agency</em>, set up at streaming platform Paramount+.</p>.<p>Award-winning filmmaker Joe Wright will direct the first two episodes of the 10-part series, penned by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth.</p>.<p>Based on the French show <em>Le Bureau des Legendes</em>, the upcoming series has started production, according to The Hollywood Reporter.</p>.<p>In <em>The Agency</em>, Fassbender will play a spy agent who is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station.</p>.<p>"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," read the official synopsis.</p>.David Henrie on reuniting with Selena Gomez for 'The Wizards of Waverly Place' revival: It was great.<p>George Clooney and Grant Heslov are attached to executive produce the show via their Smokehouse Pictures alongside Fassbender, Wright and the Butterworths.</p>.<p>“Michael Fassbender is one of the most gifted actors of our time. He brings a gravitas and nuanced complexity to every character he inhabits, which is why we are so excited for him to star in <em>The Agency</em> as we start to roll out our new slate of Showtime originals,” said Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global co-CEO and president/CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios.</p>.<p>Formerly titled <em>The Department</em>, the series will stream on the platform's Paramount+ With Showtime tier.</p>.<p>Fassbender, who last starred in David Fincher's Netflix film <em>The Killer</em>, recently completed work on Steven Soderbergh's movie <em>Black Bag</em>. </p>