Hulu has released a new Catch-22 featurette featuring soundbites with director and co-star George Clooney, director and co-star Grant Heslov, co-writer Luke Davies, director Ellen Kuras, and stars Christopher Abbott and Kyle Chandler. Check out the video now in the player below and find out why Clooney inevitably said yes to adapting Joseph Heller’s novel.
The six-part adaptation of Catch-22 tells the story of U.S. Air Force bomber John Yossarian (Christopher Abbott) as he becomes frustrated with his position and the fact that so many people are trying to kill him even though they don’t know him and he doesn’t know them. He is also held up by the sinister rule that if a pilot is requesting to not do their missions, they are sane and ineligible to be removed from duty, whereas those who continue to fly into danger willingly are deemed insane.
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In addition to director George Clooney and Kyle Chandler, Catch-22 also stars Christopher Abbott, Hugh Laurie, Giancarlo Giannini, Jay Paulson, and Julie Ann Emery.
The novel was previously adapted into a feature film directed by Mike Nichols in 1970, which wasn’t a success at the start but has since been considered a cult favorite by critics and audiences. The upcoming adaptation was written by Luke Davis and David Michod, and will be co-directed by Clooney, Grant Heslov (Argo) and Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and produced by Paramount Television, Smokehouse Pictures and Anonymous Content. Davis, Michod, Clooney, Kuras, and Heslov will co-produce alongside Richard Brown and Steve Golin.
Catch-22 will premiere on Hulu on May 17.
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Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 101 -- Yossarian and his friends train to be flyers in California before being shipped to an Army Air Force base on the Italian island of Pianosa. Nineteen perilous missions later, Yossarian’s only hope is to meet the mission quota – twenty-five – and be sent home before he’s shot down. But a new Colonel (Cathcart) takes command and immediately raises the mission quota. Yossarian realizes he has to get himself grounded or sent home by any means necessary. Yossarian (Christopher Abbott) shown. (Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu) -
Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 101 -- Yossarian and his friends train to be flyers in California before being shipped to an Army Air Force base on the Italian island of Pianosa. Nineteen perilous missions later, Yossarian’s only hope is to meet the mission quota – twenty-five – and be sent home before he’s shot down. But a new Colonel (Cathcart) takes command and immediately raises the mission quota. Yossarian realizes he has to get himself grounded or sent home by any means necessary. Major de Coverley (Hugh Laurie), Milo (Daniel David Stewart) shown. (Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu) -
Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 101 -- Yossarian and his friends train to be flyers in California before being shipped to an Army Air Force base on the Italian island of Pianosa. Nineteen perilous missions later, Yossarian’s only hope is to meet the mission quota – twenty-five – and be sent home before he’s shot down. But a new Colonel (Cathcart) takes command and immediately raises the mission quota. Yossarian realizes he has to get himself grounded or sent home by any means necessary. Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), Clevinger (Pico Alexander), Scheisskopf (George Clooney), and Major (Lewis Pullman), shown.(Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu) -
Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 101 -- Yossarian and his friends train to be flyers in California before being shipped to an Army Air Force base on the Italian island of Pianosa. Nineteen perilous missions later, Yossarian’s only hope is to meet the mission quota – twenty-five – and be sent home before he’s shot down. But a new Colonel (Cathcart) takes command and immediately raises the mission quota. Yossarian realizes he has to get himself grounded or sent home by any means necessary. Scheisskopf (George Clooney), Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), and Clevinger (Pico Alexander), shown. (Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu) -
Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 2 -- Yossarian enlists his friends’ help to get him sent home. Meanwhile Milo Minderbinder, recently appointed mess officer, sees the war in a different light: as an opportunity for profit. The men spend a weekend of R&R in the newly liberated city of Rome. On a seemingly easy mission, Clevinger’s plane disappears behind a cloud and is never seen again. The men are briefed about their next mission – Bologna – and it looks to be a bad one. Yossarian (Christopher Abbott) shown. (Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu) -
Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 2 -- Yossarian enlists his friends’ help to get him sent home. Meanwhile Milo Minderbinder, recently appointed mess officer, sees the war in a different light: as an opportunity for profit. The men spend a weekend of R&R in the newly liberated city of Rome. On a seemingly easy mission, Clevinger’s plane disappears behind a cloud and is never seen again. The men are briefed about their next mission – Bologna – and it looks to be a bad one. Colonel Cathcart (Kyle Chandler) shown. (Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu) -
Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 2 -- Yossarian enlists his friendsí help to get him sent home. Meanwhile Milo Minderbinder, recently appointed mess officer, sees the war in a different light: as an opportunity for profit. The men spend a weekend of R&R in the newly liberated city of Rome. On a seemingly easy mission, Clevingerís plane disappears behind a cloud and is never seen again. The men are briefed about their next mission ñ Bologna ñ and it looks to be a bad one. Milo (Daniel David Stewart), Colonel Cathcart (Kyle Chandler) shown. (Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu) -
Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 2 -- Yossarian enlists his friends’ help to get him sent home. Meanwhile Milo Minderbinder, recently appointed mess officer, sees the war in a different light: as an opportunity for profit. The men spend a weekend of R&R in the newly liberated city of Rome. On a seemingly easy mission, Clevinger’s plane disappears behind a cloud and is never seen again. The men are briefed about their next mission – Bologna – and it looks to be a bad one. Aarfy (Rafi Gavron), McWatt (Jon Rudnitsky), Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), Nately (Austin Stowell), Clevinger (Pico Alexander), Orr (Graham Patrick Martin), Kid Sampson (Gerran Howell) shown. (Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu) -
Catch 22
Catch-22 -- Episode 6 -- Looked after by Italian villagers, Yossarian dreams of never leaving. But American soldiers find him, and back at base he tries to be sent home on the basis of his almost-lost testicle. A young flyer, Snowden, dies on a mission, in Yossarian’s arms. Yossarian refuses to wear clothes. Naked, he accepts a medal; observes Snowden’s funeral; rejects Milo; welcomes a new recruit. And naked – spirit somewhere between broken and euphoric – he flies another mission. Youssarian (Christopher Abbott) shown. (Photo by: Philipe Antonello / Hulu)
