GEORGE CLOONEY SHALL NOW LIGHT UP OUR TV SCREENS

George Clooney is making a comeback on TV two decades after he starred in the series ER. 

Paramount Television announced on Thursday that the academy award winner will star in a serialised adaptation of Catch-22, as reported by The Guardian. Clooney will direct and star in the six-episode long series based on US author Joseph Heller's darkly comedic 1961 novel of the same.

"The series will commence shooting in 2018 for Viacom Inc’s Paramount Television, the series hasn't been acquired by a network yet for distribution, but we are sure that's going to be the production house's least of the concerns."

The Plot

Set in Italy during the second world war, Catch-22 follows a US soldier named Yossarian, whose army keeps raising the number of missions that a soldier must complete in order to be released from duty. In an infuriating bureaucratic paradox called a “catch-22” – a phrase coined in Heller’s text – Yossarian’s only way to avoid the missions is to declare insanity, but by indicating an unwillingness to embark on dangerous missions he demonstrates a rational, sane mind.

Clooney, 56, will play Yossarian’s commander Colonel Cathcart and direct alongside his producing partner Grant Heslov. The show has been co-written and executive produced by Luke Davies and David Michôd. No other cast members have been announced.

We can't wait for this one, can you?