The Agency Renewed For Season 2 After Setting Showtime Streaming Record
We spy very good news for fans of The Agency.
The espionage thriller based on the hit French drama Le Bureau des Legendes has been renewed for Season 2 on Paramount + With Showtime, just weeks after its debut — and after delivering boffo streaming numbers.
Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios reports that The Agency stands as the most-streamed new series in Showtime history, with 5.1 milion global cross-platform viewers.
The Agency follows Martian (played by two-time Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender), a covert CIA agent who is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites, and his career, his real identity and his mission are all pitted against his heart; hurling Martian into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.
The cast also includes Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Jodie Turner-Smith (The Last Ship), Katherine Waterston (Perry Mason), John Magaro (The Big Short), Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke (Absentia), Harriet Sansom Harris (Desperate Housewives), India Fowler (The Nevers), Saura Lightfoot-Leon (Masters of the Air), Reza Brojerdi (The Sheikh) and Richard Gere.
The recurring cast includes Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, with Dominic West and Hugh Bonneville as guest stars.
"The success of The Agency is proof that our new Showtime slate is poised to propel Paramount+ to its next phase of growth," Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and President/CEO Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, said in a statement. "This achievement is a testament to the creative power of the team led by George Clooney, Jez Butterworth, Joe Wright and David Glasser and our incredible cast including Michael Fassbender, Richard Gere, Jodie Turner-Smith and Jeffrey Wright."
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