section_path: Production/Development
section_name: Development
paragraph_text: Development
  
  On December 24, 2020, it was announced that Sony Pictures Television would produce the TV series adaptation of Matthew Quirk's novel The Night Agent, with Shawn Ryan as writer. On July 21, 2021, the series was acquired by Netflix, with Seth Gordon set to direct the pilot and produce the ten-episode series with Ryan, Marney Hochman, Julia Gunn, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, Nicole Tossou and David Beaubaire. On March 29, 2023, Netflix renewed it for a 10-episode second season. On October 8, 2024, ahead of the second-season premiere, Netflix renewed the series for a third season.
  
  On December 24, 2020, it was announced that Sony Pictures Television would produce the TV series adaptation of Matthew Quirk's novel The Night Agent, with Shawn Ryan as writer. On July 21, 2021, the series was acquired by Netflix, with Seth Gordon set to direct the pilot and produce the ten-episode series with Ryan, Marney Hochman, Julia Gunn, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, Nicole Tossou and David Beaubaire. On March 29, 2023, Netflix renewed it for a 10-episode second season. On October 8, 2024, ahead of the second-season premiere, Netflix renewed the series for a third season.