Director Joe Wright explains why the series set amid authentic wars between Ukraine and Russia and in Sudan had to "plant our pin somewhere" to avoid real-life events "overtaking" the fictional world of the show.

In the espionage thriller “The Agency,” Michael Fassbender plays a CIA case officer working deep undercover when he’s abruptly exfiltrated and called back to London Station. No one is telling him why.

Based on the French show “The Bureau,” the new Showtime series stars Michael Fassbender as a spy who must readjust to life after living undercover.