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Michael Fassbender is in negotiations to star in “The Department,” a spy thriller series directed by George Clooney.
“The Department,” which will begin filming in London this spring, is based on “The Bureau,” the hit French spy show created, directed and produced by Eric Rochant. Showtime has already given it a straight-to-series order. The series is produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures, MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios.
The original French show starred Matthieu Kassovitz as Guillaume Debailly, aka Paul Lefebvre, aka Malotru, a member of a clandestine branch of the French Secret Services (DGSE) who returns to his base of operations after a six-year mission in Damascus. . As he struggles to let go of his false identity and his illicit relationship with a Syrian woman, he finds himself playing a double game between the DGSE and the CIA. The show was a huge hit on Canal+ in France due to its look at the psychology of secret agents, inclusion of geopolitical issues that resonate with current events and countries.
Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, “The Department” will be executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz of MTVE Studios; David Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari of 101 Studios (“Yellowstone”); Alex Berger for The Originals Productions; and Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton of Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America.
Fassbender recently played a professional killer in David Fincher’s “The Killer.” He is represented by Conor McCaughan, Range Media Partners, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern and Tapestry.