‘The Agency’ Teaser: Richard Gere Interrogates Michael Fassbender in CIA Spy Thriller

Michael Fassbender is playing a game of cat and mouse on an international scale.

The actor and executive producer leads Paramount+ with Showtime series “The Agency” as Martian — a code name, we hope — a covert CIA agent who is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. Yet when the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites — and it threatens his career, his real identity, and his mission.

The political thriller co-stars Richard Gere, Jeffrey Wright, and Jodie Turner-Smith. Additional cast members include Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Reza Brojerdi, Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.

George Clooney executive produces the series; Joe Wright executive produces and directs the first two episodes.

“The Agency” is an adaptation of French drama “Le Bureau des Legendes,” which centered on the daily life and missions of agents within France’s principal external security service. That series focused on the “Bureau of Legends,” responsible for training and handling deep-cover agents on longterm missions in areas with French interests. Living under false identities for years, these agents’ missions are to identify and recruit good intelligence sources, per the official synopsis. “Le Bureau des Legendes” was created by Eric Rochant and is a CANAL+ Creation Originale series produced by TOP – The Originals Productions and Federation Studios.

Meanwhile, London-set “The Agency” was commissioned by Showtime Studios and produced in association with 101 Studio. The show will stream on Paramount+ in the U.S., the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Germany, Latin America, Brazil, and Japan. The series is co-distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution and Federation Studios.

“The Agency” is executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz (Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios); David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari (101 Studios); George Clooney and Grant Heslov (Smokehouse Pictures); Alex Berger (TOP – The Originals Productions); and Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton (Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America).

Jez and John-Henry Butterworth are writers and executive producers.

“The Agency” premieres on Paramount+ with Showtime. Check out the teaser below.