The new Sky original production is set in the U.K.’s highly regarded Government Communications Headquarters (described in a press release as “a weedier, geekier, more bureaucratic version of MI5 and MI6”) and follows a power-hungry, maverick NSA agent, played by Schwimmer. When he joins inept and tactless computer analyst (Nick Mohammed, The Martian) and a newly formed team tackling cybercrime, everything they know is shaken up.
Mohammed will write, star in and executive produce the six-part series, with Schwimmer also executive producing. Jon Mountague, Head of Comedy at Sky Entertainment, said in a statement, “Mohammed has written a brilliantly funny comedy series in Intelligence. David & Nick are hilarious together and so perfectly represent the special relationship between our two great nations. I can’t wait.” Well, we don’t have to wait long: Schwimmer’s tweet promises a Feb. 18, 2020, premiere.
