Anna Kendrick & J.K. Simmons Join Embassy Cast

Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour, A Simple Favor) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Being the Ricardos) are set to star in AGC Television’s six-part geopolitical action thriller Embassy.

Produced by Ascendant Fox and Turbine Studios, the series is being directed by John Strickland (Bodyguard, Line of Duty, The Flight Attendant, The Rig). Production is set to begin in February 2026 in London and Cologne.

Embassy follows as an American diplomat must decide whether to protect the U.S. Ambassador when armed mercenaries storm the U.S. Embassy in London or follow his orders to exfiltrate a high-value asset. As a larger conspiracy unfolds, the diplomat must rely on her instincts and the reluctant help of her ex-fiancé, a British SAS soldier.

The series is created and written by Rom Lotan and executive produced by Lotan; Strickland; Ascendant Fox’s Hester Ruoff, Bart Ruspoli and Matt Mitchell; Turbine’s Daniel Hetzer, Jakob Neuhausser, Justin Thomson and David Tanner; AGC’s Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz and Miguel A. Palos Jr.

AGC Television is distributing the series worldwide and is launching the material to international partners at MIPCOM.