{"id":18194,"date":"2023-02-06T10:34:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/george-clooney-direct-new-espionage-thriller-showtime\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T12:50:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:50:03","slug":"george-clooney-to-direct-new-espionage-thriller-for-showtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/george-clooney-to-direct-new-espionage-thriller-for-showtime\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney to Direct New Espionage Thriller for Showtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime has given a straight-to-series order for <em>The Department<\/em> (w.t.), which has George Clooney attached as director.<\/p>\n<p>Clooney and Grant Heslov will executive produce through their Smokehouse Pictures, with MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios set to produce.<\/p>\n<p>It is based on\u00a0<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>Le Bureau Des Legendes <\/i>(<i>The Bureau<\/i>), which<i> <\/i><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">was<i> <\/i><\/span>created by Eric Rochant and is a <span lang=\"EN-GB\">CANAL+ Creation Originale series <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">produced by\u00a0TOP\u2014The Originals Productions (<\/span>Alex Berger,\u00a0Eric Rochant) and Federation Studios (Pascal Breton). Production is slated to start later this year.<\/p>\n<p><i>Le Bureau<\/i> centers on the daily life and missions of agents within France\u2019s principal external security service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Department<\/em>, based on the riveting and brilliant series <em>The Bureau<\/em>, will follow in the great tradition of <em>Homeland<\/em>, one of the most successful and brand-defining shows at Showtime,\u201d said Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime and Paramount Media. \u201cJust as <em>Homeland<\/em> elevated global espionage to new heights, <em>The Department<\/em> will take viewers even deeper into a world of intrigue and subterfuge with complicated characters who struggle with their own demons as they fight existential threats to the nation and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to extend\u00a0<em>The Bureau<\/em>\u2019s DNA through <em>The Department<\/em>\u00a0for Showtime with our friends\u00a0at MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios,\u201d said Alex Berger, president and executive producer at TOP. \u201cThe Originals Productions (TOP), Federation and Paramount are taking our franchise to the next level, making a new high-stakes international espionage show set today in a very complex geopolitical environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guillaume Pommier, co-head of distribution at Federation, said, \u201cWe couldn\u2019t dream of a better partner home than Showtime to adapt <em>The Bureau<\/em>. They share with us the passion, the vision and the ambition for this amazing show, combined with their strong premium global network, which will bring <em>The Department<\/em>\u00a0to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be partnering with George and Grant on this amazing project,\u201d said David Glasser, CEO of 101 Studios. \u201cParamount+\/Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios has been an incredible home to so many of our projects, and we are excited to once again work alongside Chris McCarthy, Keith Cox, Nina Diaz and their incredible teams.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime has given a straight-to-series order for The Department (w.t.), which has George Clooney attached as director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":17813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[3682,1008,1009,4475,166,1013,309,5974],"class_list":["post-18194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-101-studios","tag-george-clooney","tag-grant-heslov","tag-mtv-entertainment-studios","tag-showtime","tag-smokehouse-pictures","tag-the-bureau","tag-the-department","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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