![]() On April 3, 2018, it was announced that Hugh Laurie had joined the main cast in the role of Major de Coverley. ![]() On March 9, 2018, it was announced that Christopher Abbott had been cast in the lead role of John Yossarian. Casting Īlongside the series order announcement, it was reported that in addition to directing the series George Clooney had been cast in the role of Colonel Cathcart. On May 7, 2018, it was announced that Italy's Sky Italia was joining the production as a co-producer. They each directed two episodes, and Kuras also served as an executive producer. On March 16, 2018, it was announced that Ellen Kuras was joining Clooney and Heslov in directing. On January 12, 2018, it was announced that Hulu was in negotiations for the series and two days later it was confirmed that the production had been given a six episode order. On November 16, 2017, the production was announced. He, along with his producing partner and frequent collaborator Grant Heslov, came on board as directors and executive producers. The producers asked George Clooney to direct. Michôd was originally set to direct until he became unavailable as a long-gestating feature film of his moved forward in production. Davies and Michôd co-wrote the adaptation, which Brown developed at Anonymous. The screen rights to the novel were held by Paramount Television where Anonymous Content had a deal. Davies brought up Heller's novel, which the trio agreed would benefit from a longer treatment than the two hours of Mike Nichols' 1970 feature film. George Clooney as Major (later Colonel and eventually Brigadier General) ScheisskopfĪround 2014, producer Richard Brown, writer Luke Davies and writer-director David Michôd discussed properties that they would like to tackle in limited series format similar to True Detective, which Brown had just executive produced.Lewis Pullman as Major Major Major Major.Daniel David Stewart as Milo Minderbinder.The events occur in the Mediterranean theatre of World War II while the fictional 256th US Army Air Squadron is based on the (fictionalized) island of Pianosa, in the Mediterranean Sea, and conducting bombing raids over heavily defended fascist controlled Italy.Ĭast and characters Starring He chose bombardier hoping the war would finish before his lengthy training but now sits exposed in the nose of a B-25 dropping bombs on strangers who are trying to kill him, unless he is avoiding flying by feigning illness, sabotaging his intercom, self-inflicted illness, or clandestinely moving the bomb line so it appears their target has already been captured. He is trapped by the bureaucratic rule Catch-22, which considers a willingness to fly dangerous combat missions to be insane, yet a request to be relieved of duty on the grounds of insanity to be the process of a rational mind, so any such request must be denied. John Yossarian ( Christopher Abbott) is a United States Army Air Forces bombardier in World War II, furious that thousands of people are trying to kill him and that his own army keeps increasing the number of missions he must fly.
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