Showtime Orders Spy Drama ‘Intelligence’ From ‘Zero Dark Thirty’s Mark Boal
US network Showtime has ordered ‘Intelligence‘, a new spy thriller from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Mark Boal, who makes his first foray into television.
Based on real stories from around the world, the series will explore the secret inner workings of power – how espionage intersects with politics, finance, media and Silicon Valley. The first season will dramatize the behind-the-scenes history leading up to the 2016 U.S. election, with each subsequent season looking at a major world event through the lens of covert operations.
Showtime has given a series commitment and opened a writers room for the real-world scripted drama, which comes from Mark Boal the Academy Award-winning filmmaker behind movies such as ‘The Hurt Locker’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’. Boal won two Academy Awards and two BAFTA Awards (Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay) for ‘The Hurt Locker’ and was nominated for Oscars in both categories for ‘Zero Dark Thirty’. He also earned WGA Awards and Golden Globe(R) nominations for both films. His additional credits include ‘In the Valley of Elah’ and ‘Detroit’. As a journalist, Boal’s work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Salon, Playboy and more.
“As he showed with both The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, Mark truly excels at transforming current events into gripping, scripted drama,” commented Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc. “When he told us he wanted to use those same, extraordinary abilities to create his first television series, we leapt at it.”
The project is a co-production with Showtime and Media Res studio, with Michael Ellenberg from Media Res executive producing. Hugo Lindgren will executive produce for Page 1, Alan Poul and Jason Horwitch will executive produce and Megan Ellison will also serve as executive producer.
‘Intelligence‘ Season 1 has only just started development, so it likely won’t show up until 2020, and there is no casting yet. Whilst not officially confirmed, the drama should appear on Sky Atlantic in the UK via their carriage deal with the US network. We’ll bring you more as we get it.
