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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
4/7/25
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5/30/25
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STATUS:
currently in development (2024-2025 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script |
DESCRIPTION:
(from AMC Networks' press release, April 2025) AMC Networks today announced it was developing a new television franchise produced by AMC Studios and built on iconic American stories, starting with John Steinbeck's timeless novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Each season of the anthology series will be devoted to a different celebrated work, historical moment, or individual narrative celebrating and highlighting the American spirit. Rolin Jones (Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Friday Night Lights, Boardwalk Empire) will adapt The Grapes of Wrath for AMC and AMC+ as the first season of this new series and then manage the franchise, working with acclaimed creative talent connected to individual seasons. Also attached to help launch and manage the franchise is legendary television and film producer Mark Johnson, who is overseeing the Anne Rice Immortal Universe and whose long list of film and television producing credits includes Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Halt and Catch Fire, Rectify, The Natural, Rain Man, Diner, Donnie Brasco, Galaxy Quest, Good Morning, Vietnam, The Notebook and The Holdovers. |
CREW INFORMATION:
· John Steinbeck as BOOK
· Rolin Jones as CRTR/EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· AMC Studios
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