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- 17 Jun 20
First look at Brendan Gleeson as Donald Trump in The Comey Rule revealed
The series premieres in late November.
US network Showtime has revealed the first images of its upcoming miniseries The Comey Rule – an adaptation of former FBI director James Comey's book, A Higher Loyalty, which details his interactions with Donald Trump. Among the newly released images from the series are first looks at Brendan Gleeson playing Trump, and Jeff Daniels playing Comey.
The $40 million budget series, set to premiere after the election in late November, was adapted for the screen and directed by Oscar-nominee Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, Shattered Glass, The Hunger Games), and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman, Shane Salerno, Heather Kadin and Billy Ray.
According to Showtime, The Comey Rule offers "an insider’s journey down the corridors of power, where decision-makers struggle to apply old norms to a dramatic new paradigm in the face of Russia’s deep and unprecedented penetration into American politics, with our nation’s rule of law hanging in the balance."
"Each character’s actions in these historic months made the careers of some, destroyed the careers of others and helped shape the incendiary political landscape we live in today," the description continues. "Part one of the series examines the earliest days of the Russia investigation, the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton‘s emails and their impact on Election Night 2016, when Trump stunned the world and was elected president. Part two is a virtual day-by-day account of the tempestuous relationship between Comey and Trump and the intense and chaotic first months of the Trump presidency — where allies became enemies, enemies became friends, and truth depended on what side you were on.”
The series will also feature Oscar winner Holly Hunter as former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, 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, Peter Coyote as Robert Mueller and Kingsley Ben-Adir as Barack Obama.
Take a look at Showtime's images of Gleeson as Trump and Daniels as Comey below:

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