Call My Agent! English Language To Be Produced by Amazon

It has been announced that Amazon Prime Video will be premiering a British remake of the acclaimed French comedy series Call My Agent!. BAFTA award winner John Morton (for the series Twenty Twelve) will write and direct the initial two episodes of the remake while also executive producing the entire series. Trainspotting’s Kelly Macdonald is said to join the series for a cameo appearance. At the same time, Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown, the  Harry Potter series ) and The Sixth Sense’s Olivia Williams will also make cameo appearances.

The remake is said to follow the original essence of the French series, where a Parisian talent agency’s employees must scramble to keep their high-up client’s content and their business afloat after the sudden death of the company’s founder. This remake, however, will introduce Morton’s unique British sensibility and some new storylines. Series regulars will include Jack Davenport (Pirates of The Caribbean series), Lydia Leonard (Last Christmas),Maggie Steed (Paddington 2), Prasanna Puwanarajah (Patrick Melrose), Hiftu Quasem (Killing Eve), Fola Evans-Akingbola (Siren), Rebecca Humphries (Trigonometry), Harry Trevaldwyn (The King), Tim McInnerny (Game of Thrones) Natasha Little (War of The Worlds),  Edward Bluemel (The Commuter), Eleonore Arnaud (Nu), and Jim Broadbent (Brooklyn).

Morton seems incredibly excited about the project, saying:

“It’s great to be working with Amazon Prime Video who support creativity and gives us the freedom to put our own distinctively British stamp on the series”, “It’s a privilege to be working with an extraordinary cast, along with some star-studded cameos, who together represent the best of Britain’s talent.”

Executive Producers for the series will be David Davoli (The Good Liar), Samantha Thomas (Jessica Jones), Steven Thibault (Joker), and Aaron L. Gilbert (The Green Knight) for BRON Studios. Christian Baute (Funny Games), Frank Calderon (Kin), and Laurence Lenica will executively produce for Headline Pictures, and David Tanner (Hallelujah!) from Turbine Studios. Sarah Curtis (Ophelia) will produce with Ben Rimmer (Midsommar) as co-producer, with BRON’s Emma Fleischer (Daredevil) as supervising producer. Call My Agent! original producers, Aurélien Larger  and Harold Valentin of Mother Productions, and Dominique Besnehard (The Name of The Rose) and Michel Feller (Adoration) of Mon Voisin Productions will also be executive producers.

There is no information on a release date yet; however, The Call My Agent! remake joins a stacked set of exclusive dramas by Amazon Prime Video, including Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, Leonardo, Modern Love, The Wilds, Panic, Little Fires Everywhere, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

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