Showtime has released the first two photos from their highly-anticipated limited series The Comey Rule, featuring Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump and Jeff Daniels as former FBI director James Comey.
The two-part, four-hour limited series will air in ‘back-to-back nights in late November,’ according to a Showtime press release.
While an official date was not given, it seems clear the series will air after the November 3 Presidential election.
First photos: Showtime has released the first two photos from their highly-anticipated limited series The Comey Rule, featuring Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump and Jeff Daniels as former FBI director James Comey
The series is based on Comey’s book A Higher Loyalty: Truth Lies and Leadership, which was published in April 2018, just under a year after he was fired as the FBI director by President Trump in May 2017.
The book, a No. 1 New York Times best seller, serves as just one source for the series, along with ‘more than a year of additional interviews with a number of key principals.’
The Comey Rule is described as, ‘an immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a nation.’
Immersive: The Comey Rule is described as, ‘an immersive, behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a nation’
The network description also clarified that this event series is ‘not the biopic of one man,’ but is the story of ‘two powerful figures whose strikingly different personalities, ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.’
The description even calls Russia’s interference in the 2016 election a, ‘deep and unprecedented penetration into American politics.
The first night of the two-night, four-hour event will explore the earliest days in the Russia investigation and the FBI investigating Hillary Clinton’s emails, and how they impacted election night when Trump shocked the world.
Book: The series is based on Comey’s book A Higher Loyalty: Truth Lies and Leadership, which was published in April 2018, just under a year after he was fired as the FBI director by President Trump in May 2017
Part two, however, is said to be a ‘day-by-day account’ of the volatile relationship between Trump and Comey in his first few months in the White House.
Aside from Daniels and Gleeson the series boasts an all-star ensemble cast including Holly Hunter as Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and Kingsley Ben-Adir as President Barack Obama.
The cast also includes Michael Kelly as former FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Jennifer Ehle as Patrice Comey, Scoot McNairy as former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Jonathan Banks as former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, Oona Chaplin as former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, Amy Seimetz as former FBI lawyer Trisha Anderson, Steven Pasquale as former FBI agent Peter Strzok and Peter Coyote (The Disappearance) as Robert Mueller.
Day by day: Part two, however, is said to be a ‘day-by-day account’ of the volatile relationship between Trump and Comey in his first few months in the White House
The cast is rounded out by Steve Zissis (Togetherness), Shawn Doyle (House of Cards), Brian d’Arcy James (Spotlight), Dalmar Abuzeid (Anne with an E), William Sadler (When They See Us), Richard Thomas (Tell Me Your Secrets), T.R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy), Joe Lo Truglio (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Spencer Garrett (Bombshell), Michael Hyatt (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Damon Gupton (Black Lightning) and Seann Gallagher (Good Witch).
The two-part, four-hour event series was adapted for the screen and directed by Oscar(R) nominated screenwriter Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, Shattered Glass) and executive produced by Shane Salerno, Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin and Ray.
The series was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Home Run Productions, The Story Factory, and Secret Hideout.
Event series: The two-part, four-hour event series was adapted for the screen and directed by Oscar(R) nominated screenwriter Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, Shattered Glass) and executive produced by Shane Salerno, Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin and Ray
Coming soon: The series was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Home Run Productions, The Story Factory, and Secret Hideout