Amanda Waller: Agent of A.R.G.U.S. (stylized as Amanda Waller: Agent of ARGUS and Amanda Waller: Agent of Argus) is a 1998 American television superhero film based on the DC Comics character Amanda Waller. It was first broadcast on May 26, 1998, on CBS, intended to be a backdoor pilot for a possible new TV series. Written by David Goyer, and directed by Rod Hardy, the film had a $6 million production budget. It stars Whoopi Goldberg as Waller, a retired super spy who is approached to return to duty to take down the terrorist organization CADRE, who threaten to attack Manhattan with a pathogen they have reconstituted known as the Unknown virus. Lisa Rinna plays Doctor Rodriguez, and Sandra Hess plays Vanessa Kingsbury/Shrike. It was released on DVD on September 30, 2008. The film was met with a largely negative reception.
