Showtime has announced that they’ve given a series commitment to spy thriller Intelligence, which will open a writer’s room in anticipation of a formal series order.
“As he showed with both The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, Mark truly excels at transforming current events into gripping, scripted drama,” Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine said. “When he told us he wanted to use those same, extraordinary abilities to create his first television series, we leapt at it.”
From Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker), the series would use each season to explore a topic through the lens of covert operations, with season one to explore the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to the 2016 presidential election.
If ordered, Intelligence would join a scripted slate for Showtime that includes Shameless, Ray Donovan, Billions, The Chi, and Kidding. The premium cable network has Homeland and The Affair headed into final seasons, Black Monday in renewal limbo after finishing its first season last night, and the likes of City on a Hill, Halo, Your Honor, and The Loudest Voice still to debut in the coming months.
