The Recruit is an upcoming spy-adventure television series created by Alexi Hawley for Netflix. The series follows Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo), CIA lawyer who got involved in massive international conflicts and dangerous parties once an asset tried to expose her relation to the agency. The series is expected to launch on the streaming platform on December 16, 2022.[1][2][3]
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A fledgling lawyer, Owen Hendricks, has recently gotten a job at the CIA. Although Owen has just started, his life is turned upside down once he encounters an asset, who demands exoneration from the agency. Once she tries to expose her long-term relationship with the agency, he soon gets entangled in convoluted international politics involving the agency. As Hendricks tries to negotiate with the asset, he finds himself at odds with menacing individuals and groups, risking his life as he tries to fulfill his duties.
No. | Title | Directed by [4] | Written by [5] | Original release date [6] |
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1 | TBA | Doug Liman | Alexi Hawley | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
2 | TBA | Doug Liman | Alexi Hawley | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
3 | TBA | Alex Kalymnios | Alexi Hawley & George V. Ghanem | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
4 | TBA | Alex Kalymnios | Amelia Roper | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
5 | TBA | Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. | Hadi Nicholas Deeb | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
6 | TBA | Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. | Niceole R. Levy | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
7 | TBA | Julian Holmes | Maya Goldsmith | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
8 | TBA | Julian Holmes | Alexi Hawley | December 16, 2022 (2022-12-16) |
It was announced that Netflix acquired an unnamed espionage drama on April 28, 2021, with Entertainment One backing the production.[1][2][7] Dubbed as Graymail, the project was created by Alexi Hawley, executive producer of several popular procedural drama series, such as Castle, The Rookie and its spin-off.[1][7][8][9] Alexi, in turn, served as its executive producer and showrunner. Alongside Hawley, Noah Centineo; Doug Liman, Gene Klein and David Bartis of Hypnotic; Adam Ciralsky and Charlie Ebersol of P3 Media also joined the project as executive producers.[10][11][12] The project was set as eight part one-hour television series.[2][11][13] It was unveiled on September 28, 2022, that, Alexi Hawley, George Ghanem, Amelia Roper, Hadi Deeb, Niceole Levy, and Maya Goldsmith served as the series writers; meanwhile, Doug Liman, Alex Kalymnios, Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr., and Julian Holmes directed the episodes.[4]
When the production was announced on April 28, 2021, Noah Centineo was unveiled as the lead character of the television series.[1][2] More castings were revealed on November 12, 2021, with Aarti Mann, Daniel Quincy Annoh, Vondie Curtis Hall, Kristian Bruun, Laura Haddock, Colton Dunn and Fivel Stewart joined the main cast alongside Centineo.[3][10][11][13] In addition, Byron Mann, Angel Parker, Linus Roache, and Kaylah Zander were also announced as the guest stars of the series.[10][11][14]
Principal photography for the series reportedly took place in Montreal, Quebec and Los Angeles, California on October 25, 2021.[8][9][14] The filming had reportedly wrapped on March 28, 2022.[14]
The Recruit was set to premiere globally on December 16, 2022.[12][4][14][15]
The series was promoted during Netflix TUDUM Global event on September 24, 2022, on YouTube.[3][12][15] Additional info, including its release date and official title, were unveiled at the official website of the event.[12][13][16][15][17][18]
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