The premium cable network/streamer has picked up domestic rights to the series that was to have aired as a Spectrum original.
best-selling book by Ben Macintyre. The series, produced by Sony and BritBox parent ITV Studios and Veritas Entertainment Group, revolves around the defection of a British intelligence officer and KGB double agent and his relationship with an MI6 friend and colleague . The role marks Lewis’ follow-up to Showtime’s. Cary, Patrick Spence, Nick Murphy, Chrissy Skinns, Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer, Peter Jaysen and Lewis exec produce.
The series was originally supposed debut this fall first domestically on Spectrum Originals and then to stream on ITVX . It will launch first on ITVX starting Dec. 8 and then at a date to be determined on MGM+ in 2023. “Alex Cary has brilliantly adapted Ben Macintyre’s historical novel about friendship, loyalty, and betrayal. He, along with Nick Murphy, Damian Lewis, and the remarkable cast led by Lewis and Guy Pearce, have brought to life this riveting tale of two British spies whose deep personal bond and long friendship is challenged by duplicity and deception,” said Michael Wright, head of MGM+.
after Charter’s demise. That series, starring Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon, was to have aired first on Spectrum and nine months later on Paramount+/Paramount Network but was moved to Paramount Global’s premium cable network Showtime instead.
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