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Variety

Clooney

French pay-TV group Canal Plus has acquired George Clooney’s highly anticipated miniseries “Catch-22” from Paramount Pictures Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution.

The six-part limited series, based on Joseph Heller’s celebrated novel of the same name, will be directed by and star Clooney. “Catch-22” will also be headlined by Kyle Chandler (“The Wolf of Wall Street”), Hugh Laurie (“The Night Manager”), Giancarlo Giannini (“Quantum of Solace”) and Christopher Abbott (“Girls”).

As previously announced, the series will air on Hulu in the US, Sky Italia in Italy and Channel 4 in the UK. (RTRS)