‘The Agency’: Season 2 Trailer Teases New Targets, New Threats, and High-Stakes Espionage

The Agency brought in record viewership for Showtime and Paramount+. Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios announced on December 4 that the espionage thriller drew in an audience of 5.1 million cross-platform viewers globally after its November 29 debut, making it their most-streamed new series ever. And with Season 2 on the horizon, we get a new trailer to immerse fans in the world of The Agency.

A fresh take on the critically acclaimed hit French drama Le Bureau des Legendes, The Agency follows Martian (Michael Fassbender), a covert CIA agent, ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears (Jodie Turner-Smith as Samia), romance reignites. His career, his real identity, and his mission are pitted against his heart, hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.

Le Bureau des Legendes centers on the daily life and missions of agents within France’s principal external security service. It focuses on the “Bureau of Legends,” responsible for training and handling deep-cover agents on long-term missions in areas with French interests. Living under false identities for years, these agents’ missions are to identify and recruit good intelligence sources.

The series has been praised as an intriguingly unique look at a side of spy stories not often seen: the emotional cost of living a life of intense secrecy and danger. These emotional insights also serve as critical commentary about organizations like the CIA.

Here is everything we know about the new season, including the cast, plot details, trailer, and when the espionage thriller returns to Paramount+.

Michael Fassbender as Martian in ‘The Agency’ Season 1 Episode 6 (Luke Varley / Paramount+ with SHOWTIME)

When does Season 2 premiere

Season 2 of The Agency premieres with all 10 episodes available on June 21, 2026.

What is Season 2 about?

The logline reads: “The Agency follows Martian (Fassbender), a CIA agent living undercover in his own life. Samia (Turner-Smith), his lover, is a political prisoner in Sudan, and he will do anything to try to save her, even past the point of treachery. The only way out is deeper in. A knife-edge Martian must walk if he is to save love, life, and his mission.”

Who stars in The Agency Season 2?

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The star-studded cast also includes Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere, Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, and Reza Brojerdi, with Dominic West and Hugh Bonneville as guest stars. Recurring stars are Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. New cast members include Christian Ochoa Lavernia, Clayne Crawford, Keanush Tafreshi, Medalion Rahimi, Raza Jaffrey, and Tessa Ferrer.

Who is behind The Agency?

The second season of The Agency was commissioned by Paramount+ and produced in association with Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios. Tony-winner Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth return as writers and executive producers. Executive producers also include David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari for 101 Studios; George Clooney and Grant Heslov for Smokehouse Pictures; Alex Berger for TOP – The Originals Productions; Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton for Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America; Michael Fassbender, Joe Wright and Keith Cox.

George Clooney serves as an executive producer.