EXCLUSIVE : Shawn Ryan , whose thriller drama The Night Agent was the most watched TV series of 2023 on Netflix , has signed a big, four-year overall deal with the streamer, sources tell Deadline. The prolific creator, executive producer and showrunner landed at Netflix in a competitive situation, with his current studio home, Sony Pictures TV, NBCUniversal as well as Warner Bros. TV among those who pursued him, I hear.
The pact with Netflix will start after Ryan’s current overall deal with Sony TV expires at the end of October. Related Stories News ‘The Night Agent’ Season 2 Locations Revealed As Production Starts In Tight Turnaround For 2024 Premiere News Netflix 2024 Series Slate: New Seasons Of ‘Cobra Kai’, ‘The Night Agent’, ‘Emily In Paris’ & More With Ryan’s deal in place, I hear Netflix is proceeding with opening a Season 3 writers room for The Night Agent . The Sony TV-produced series has currently been picked up through Season 2, which ramped up quickly after the strikes to start production in early February for a launch later this year.
The writers room for Season 3 — a standard Netflix practice on successful series ahead of formal green light — opens next month, I hear. Having Ryan in the fold also would allow Netflix to easier scale up The Night Agent into a franchise with potential spinoffs that have been rumored since the series made a splash with its March 2023 debut, landing on the streamer’s Top 10 Most Popular English-Language Seri.
