Overview
- The companies formally announced the co-production and greenlit Bannerman on Thursday, making it the first series launched under their joint-develop-and-produce agreement.
- Filmmaker Shane Black co-wrote the first episode, will executive produce and direct the first two episodes, and Craig Silverstein will showrun, write and executive produce the series.
- Bannerman, adapted from John R. Maxim’s five-book spy series, follows ex-spy Paul Bannerman as he tries to retire in suburban Connecticut while facing old enemies and a suspicious ex-cop.
- Under the release plan AMC will premiere the show in the U.S. and Canada and Netflix will stream those markets 90 days after the season finale, with joint episode launches in Australia, New Zealand and Spain and Netflix exclusivity elsewhere.
- The deal moves Netflix beyond standalone global premieres by using AMC’s linear reach and AMC Studios’ production infrastructure, which could prompt similar financing and windowing arrangements for other legacy-studio projects.