Hulu’s latest original series sees George Clooney direct and star in Catch-22, which is based on Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel of the same name and previously made into a film in 1970.
Based on Joseph Heller’s seminal novel of the same name, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian, a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem is not the enemy, but rather his own army which keeps increasing the number of missions the men must fly to complete their service. Yet if Yossarian makes any attempt to avoid his military assignments, he’ll be in violation of Catch-22, a hilariously sinister bureaucratic rule which specifies that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers which are real and immediate is the process of a rational mind; a man is considered insane if he willingly continues to fly dangerous combat missions, but a request to be removed from duty is evidence of sanity and therefore makes him ineligible to be relieved from duty.
The 6-episode miniseries Catch-22 stars George Clooney as Scheisskopf, Hugh Laurie (House) as Major de Coverley, Christopher Abbott (Girls) as John Yossarian, Giancarlo Giannini (Quantum of Solace) as Marcello, and Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) as Colonel Cathcart.
Catch-22 premieres May 17th on Hulu.
