lovers of Office of Legends will soon be able to turn their screens back on. Actor and director George Clooney will indeed direct the American remake of the series, which will be renamed for the occasion The Departmentannounced on Monday the American pay channel Showtime and the French producers of the original version.
This “spy thriller will be anchored in the world of the American secret services and the recent geopolitical context, drawing heavily on the testimonies of former CIA agents”, specified the French co-producers TOP and Federation Studios at the origins of the fiction. . Production is scheduled for 2023 and George Clooney will also be one of the series’ co-producers in the United States.
A series praised by the DGSE
“You couldn’t dream of a better poster than George Clooney and Showtime for the North American version of the Office of Legends », enthused Guillaume Pommier, responsible for Federation. “The passion and ambition we share with them for this incredible series, coupled with Showtime’s firepower, will work wonders to bring The Department to international audiences.
The Canal+ star series has been sold in more than 100 countries and praised by the DGSE (French intelligence services, where the characters evolve) itself for its realism. The French director Éric Rochant was the “showrunner” (author-producer, in the jargon of the series) since the first broadcast in 2015. Before, for the finale of the 5th and last season in 2020, handing over to Jacques Audiard .