Showtime has released a full-length trailer for “The Comey Rule,” the two-night $40 million limited series starring Brendan Gleeson as U.S. President Donald Trump and Jeff Daniels as former FBI Director James Comey.
The series looks at the deterioration of their relationship that quickly became a bitter feud when Comey left his post after Trump fired him. The series is said to be a “behind-the-headlines account of the historically turbulent events surrounding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, which divided a nation”.
It will also explore the strikingly different personalities, ethics and loyalties of the two men. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Billy Ray (“Captain Phillips,” “Shattered Glass”) pens and directs the series which has been executive produced by Shane Salerno, Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin and Ray.
The series also stars 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, Amy Seimetz as former FBI lawyer Trisha Anderson, Steven Pasquale as former FBI agent Peter Strzok, Peter Coyote as Robert Mueller and Kingsley Ben-Adir as President Barack Obama.
“The Comey Rule” airs on September 27th & 28th.
