Netflix orders thriller The Night Agent from Shawn Ryan

The Hollywood Reporter

The Shield creator is adapting Matthew Quirk’s bestselling novel of the same name. "The Night Agent centers on a low level FBI agent who works in the basement of the White House," per The Hollywood Reporter. "He’s tasked with manning a phone that never rings — until the night that it does, propelling him into a dangerous conspiracy that leads all the way to the Oval Office."