Overview
- The acquisition was announced Tuesday, July 28, 2026, with MGM+ securing U.S. streaming rights and additional territories including Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and parts of Latin America.
- Embassy is a six‑part action thriller created and written by Rom Lotan and directed by John Strickland and Christian Alvart.
- Anna Kendrick stars as Layla, an American diplomat trapped when armed mercenaries storm the U.S. embassy in London, with Sam Heughan as her British ex‑fiancé and J. K. Simmons as the U.S. ambassador.
- The series completed production on location in Cologne and London and was financed and produced by AGC Television, Ascendant Fox and Turbine Studios, with AGC International handling worldwide sales.
- Prior pre‑sales place the show on Prime Video in the U.K., Ireland, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand and on ZDF in Germany, a pattern that highlights how producers use early territorial deals to lower financial risk for high‑budget limited series.