'The Agency' Trailer Romances The Spy

Paramount may not last too much longer under the current configuration as Skydance finishes the long process of merging the two companies. But until then, Paramount+ will continue randomly debuting series greenlit by those who have long since been fired or counting the days until they join those ranks. Most of those are British set series; Paramount+ canceled most TV shows in production in the U.K. or destined for Paramount+ UK. However, those shows contracted by Showtime are still arriving, albeit on Paramount+ instead of the TV network.

The Agency is one of the few series left from that crowd, including A Gentleman in Moscow and The Woman in the Wall. All three have much in common, starting with the central star also being a producer on the project, making it much harder to slide off the schedule. (A Gentleman in Moscow had Ewan McGregor, The Woman in the Wall had Ruth Wilson, and The Agency has Michael Fassbender.)

The Agency also has another relationship factor that kept it from the chopping block: it's a remake of a popular French series, The Bureau, which already streams in America on AMC+. Being based on an internationally recognized series gives The Agency added value for attracting global audiences as well as American ones. On top of that, the story of a spy who breaks his own heart when he follows orders to leave the love of his life behind and return home, only to have said love track him down and find him again, putting several lives in danger, makes this a genre mix series of spycraft, thriller, and romance.