The political action thriller Embassy from AGC Television has added Outlander alum Sam Heughan to the cast, joining Anna Kendrick and J.K. Simmons, with Dogs of Berlin‘s Christian Alvart on board to direct two episodes.
As previously announced, John Strickland will direct the pilot and the remaining four episodes of the six-parter from the television production and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, Ascendant Fox and Turbine Studios. Production is due to begin next month in London and Cologne.
The series is created and written by Rom Lotan and executive produced by Lotan, Strickland, Ascendant Fox’s Hester Ruoff , Bart Ruspoli and Matt Mitchell, Turbine’s Daniel Hetzer, Jakob Neuhausser, Justin Thomson and David Tanner, and AGC’s Ford, Lourdes Diaz and Miguel A. Palos Jr. AGC Television financed the production and is handling international distribution.
