| DEPARTMENT, THE (SHOWTIME)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
2/6/23
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3/5/24
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STATUS:
currently in development (2024-2025 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to series |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
10 episodes |
DESCRIPTION:
(from Showtime's press release, March 2024) Paramount+ announced today that Joe Wright, the director behind the Golden Globe and multi-BAFTA winning films Pride and Prejudice, The Darkest Hour and Atonement, will direct and executive produce the new drama series from Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, THE DEPARTMENT. An espionage political thriller series based on the critically acclaimed hit French drama Le Bureau des Legendes, THE DEPARTMENT will debut on Paramount+ for subscribers with the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan later this year. Tony Award-winning writer Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (Ford v Ferrari, Edge of Tomorrow) will executive produce and write all ten episodes. George Clooney and Grant Heslov will executive produce through their Smokehouse Pictures along with David C. Glasser and 101 Studios. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Michael Fassbender
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Alex Berger as EP
· Ashley Stern as EP
· Bob Yari as EP
· David C. Glasser as EP
· David Hutkin as EP
· George Clooney as EP
· Grant Heslov as EP
· Jez Butterworth as CRTR/EP
· Joe Wright as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· John-Henry Butterworth as CRTR/EP
· Keith Cox as EP
· Nina L. Diaz as EP
· Pascal Breton as EP
· Ron Burkle as EP
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GENRE(S):
· based on a tv series
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 101 Studios
· Federation Studios
· MTV Entertainment Studios
· Originals Productions, The
· Smokehouse Pictures
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