AMC Global Media’s 2026 upfront provided updates on three high-profile AMC Studios series in development: Bannerman, Point Break and the first installment in the new Great American Stories anthology, The Grapes of Wrath.
‘Bannerman’
AMC Studios has opened a writers room for Bannerman, a series for AMC and AMC+ based on the popular Bannerman spy novels by bestselling author John Maxim.
The studio announced in January 2023 that it had acquired the rights to Maxim’s books to develop for TV with Shane Black (Lethal Weapon) and Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead Universe), who has had a longtime deal at AMC Studios, attached to executive produce, and Brian Witten co-executive producing. Black is also set to direct.
Craig Silverstein has since come on board as creator and showrunner and is overseeing the writers room. He previously was writer, executive producer and showrunner on the
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