In addition to Kyle Chandler as Colonel Cathcart and George Clooney as Scheisskopf, Christopher Abbott of The Sinner has been cast as leading man Yossarian and Hugh Laurie of House and Chance fame will play Major de Coverley.
Assuming the series follows the events of the book, Catch-22 will tell the story of U.S. Air Force bombardier Yossarian who hates his job and is furious with the Air Force for constantly increasing the number of missions bombardiers must fly to be sent home.
Although he wants to be removed from dangerous duty, he constantly runs into the Catch-22 rule that states even though a man must be insane if he willingly flies into potentially suicidal situations, he must be perfectly sane and fit for duty if he knows that he’s flying into potentially suicide situations.