{"id":18489,"date":"2023-04-06T10:17:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-beirut-showtime\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T14:17:21","slug":"new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime\/","title":{"rendered":"New Spy Drama Ghosts of Beirut for Showtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new spy drama <em>Ghosts of Beirut<\/em> is slated to debut on streaming and on-demand on May 19 for Showtime subscribers before premiering on-air on May 21.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a true story, the series reveals the origins of 21-year-old Mughniyeh, who masterminded the concept of suicide bombers and was responsible for more American deaths than any other individual prior to 9\/11. It weaves in real interviews with officials from the CIA and Mossad to connect the turmoil of 1980s Beirut with spy activity of the modern Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes Dina Shihabi (<em>Jack Ryan<\/em>, <em>Archive 81<\/em>), Dermot Mulroney (<em>My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding<\/em>), Garret Dillahunt (<em>12 Years a Slave<\/em>), Iddo Goldberg (<em>Snowpiercer<\/em>), Hisham Suleiman (<em>Munich<\/em>, <em>Fauda<\/em>), Amir Khoury (<em>Image of Victory<\/em>) and Rafi Gavron (<em>A Star is Born<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><em>Ghosts of Beirut<\/em> comes from <em>Fauda<\/em> creators Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz and is executive produced by Greg Barker (<em>Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden<\/em>), who directs all four episodes, and Daniel Dreifuss (<em>All Quiet on the Western Front<\/em>). Lebanese screenwriter Jo\u00eblle Touma (<em>The Insult<\/em>) served as writer and co-executive producer, along with co-executive producers Padriac McKinley (<em>THE GOOD LORD BIRD<\/em>) and Diane Becker (<em>Navalny<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new spy drama Ghosts of Beirut is slated to debut on streaming and on-demand on May 19 for Showtime subscribers before premiering on-air on May 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6449,6450,6451,6452,6453,166],"class_list":["post-18489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-avi-issacharoff","tag-ghosts-of-beirut","tag-greg-barker","tag-joelle-touma","tag-lior-raz","tag-showtime","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Spy Drama Ghosts of Beirut for Showtime - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Spy Drama Ghosts of Beirut for Showtime - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new spy drama Ghosts of Beirut is slated to debut on streaming and on-demand on May 19 for Showtime subscribers before premiering on-air on May 21.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-06T14:17:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Showtime-GhostsofBeirut-0423.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime\/\",\"name\":\"New Spy Drama Ghosts of Beirut for Showtime - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-06T14:17:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-06T14:17:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/new-spy-drama-ghosts-of-beirut-for-showtime\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Spy Drama Ghosts of Beirut for Showtime\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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