HBO Reimagines a Hit Netflix Series With a Bold New Twist

HBO is cooking up a U.S. version of Call My Agent, and they’re not just swapping subtitles for accents. They’re moving the whole circus from Paris red carpets to American locker rooms. Yes, it’s still about agents juggling chaos. No, it’s not the same job anymore.

The twist

The new take trades showbiz for sports. Instead of managing actors, the series follows four sports agents trying to keep their personal lives intact while navigating clients who are brands, headlines, and walking injury reports. The plan also includes bringing in real athletes to play themselves, which could make the tone feel closer to the original’s celebrity cameos, just with shin guards and endorsements.

"In the U.S. adaptation, four work-obsessed sports agents struggle to balance their personal lives and their clients’ needs in an industry where, more and more, it feels like being an athlete is just the start."

Who’s behind it

Sarah Schneider, who co-created The Other Two, is writing and executive producing. She’s joined by Brad Pitt’s Plan B and SpringHill, the company run by LeBron James and Maverick Carter. So, comedy brains plus two production outfits that know their way around talent and PR fire drills.

What the original did so well

Call My Agent started life in France as Dix Pour Cent (literally Ten Percent), created by Fanny Herrero. The premise: after their boss dies, four talent reps hold together a Paris agency while dealing with clients, crises, and the kind of office politics that should come with hazard pay. It ran four seasons, from 2015 to 2020, became a worldwide binge when Netflix picked it up in 2015, and won the International Emmy for Best Comedy Series in 2021. A big part of the fun was famous French actors swinging by to poke fun at themselves.

• Original cast: Camille Cottin, Thibault de Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Liliane Rovère, Fanny Sidney, Laure Calamy, Nicolas Maury, Stéfi Celma, Assaad Bouab

This format gets around

Before HBO’s version, the show had already been remade in the U.K., South Korea, India, Italy, Germany, and Indonesia. So the American spin is joining a very crowded family tree.

Bottom line

HBO’s remake keeps the DNA (agents, high-strung clients, personal mess) but shifts the ecosystem to sports, where the egos are just as big and the stakes are often louder. With Schneider steering and Plan B and SpringHill in the mix, expect glossy, sharp comedy with cameos that actually move the needle. If they nail the tone, this pivot could make a lot of sense.