THE NIGHT AGENT = 3rd Highest Netflix Series Debut After WEDNESDAY & DAHMER
Update: Renewed for season 2. Political thriller The Night Agent, starring Gabriel Basso, exploded onto last week’s Netflix charts, with the third highest series debut on the global streamer, after Wednesday and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
Netflix members worldwide watched 168.71 million hours of The Night Agent in its first four days of release. That ranks as the third best debut after Wednesday’s 341.23 million hours and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’s 196.2 million hours..
Inspired by Matthew Quirk’s novel, The Night Agent follows low-level FBI agent, Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), who works in the basement of the White House, manning a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, pulling him into a conspiracy that ultimately leads to the Oval Office.
Rose Larkin (Luciane Buchanan) is a young tech CEO who’s fallen on hard times and retreats to her aunt and uncle’s house to take stock of her life. When assassins come for her aunt and uncle, she quickly learns they weren’t who they seemed to be and finds herself with Peter, both of them running for their lives.
The Night Agent filmed for four months in metro Vancouver last year: from mid-February to mid-June.
Showrunner: Shawn Ryan.
Cast: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Hong Chau, DB Woodside, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, Enrique Murciano, Sarah Desjardins.
Gabriel Basso as The Night Agent.
Luciane Buchanan’s young tech CEO Rose Larkin at Vancouver Public Library:
Hong Chau is the President’s chief of staff Diane Farr.
Fola Evans-Akingbola is Chelsea Arrington, the head of the Vice-President’s daughter’s security detail.
DB Woodside is Secret Service agent Erik Monks.
Enrique Murciano is the head of the White House’s Secret Service detail Ben Almora.
Eve Harlow is the unpredictable killer Ellen; Phoenix Rael is Ellen’s partner Dale; Sarah Desjardins as the Vice-President’s teen daughter Maddie Redfield; Christopher Shyer as the Vice-President; Ben Cotton as defence contractor Wicks; Kari Machett as President Travers; Gabrielle Rose as Loma, Adam Tsekkman as Omar Zadar; Richard Harmon as Elliot Rome.
Where did it film in Vancouver?
The Night Agent shot in numerous locations: the Vancouver Art Gallery, car chase on the Georgia Viaduct, the Parq Casino, the University of British Columbia, Alouette Lake at Golden Ears Park, the Vancouver Public Library.
Big car chase sequence in premiere.
The Night Agent car chase shut down Vancouver’s Georgia Viaduct overnight for two nights on March 22nd & March 23rd 2022.
Vancouver Art Gallery, March 9th 2022 with Luciane Buchanan on set.
University of British Columbia as Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Main Mall at University of British Columbia, April 5th. May 3rd with Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan on set.
Luciane Buchanan on campus .
Vancouver Public Library, May 31st with Luciane Buchanan on set.
Peter and Rose on the boat. Filmed at Shelter Island Marina in Richmond.
The Night Agent drops March 23rd on Netflix.