AMC Orders New Series Based On Dan Simmons' 'The Terror'
AMC anounced today that it is greenlighting a new anthology series based on Dan Simmons 2007 bestseller 'The Terror'.
The story took place in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew looking for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ship and their crew. A suspenseful and desperate game of survival subsequently unfolds.
The series will be written by David Kajganich (True Story) who is also the showrunner with Soo Hugh (The Killing). Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker of Scott Free Productions will co-exec produce along with Alexandra Milchan (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Scott Lambert (Paranoia) of Emjag Productions and and Guymon Casady (Game of Thrones) of Entertainment 360.
“We’ve been focused on developing this incredible story for television with these great partners for a couple of years, and we think it provides rich dramatic material but also an opportunity to explore the anthology format, which is something we’re extremely interested in and offers some unique possibilities,” said Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV.
The network has ordered 10 hour long episodes and expects to premiere in 2017.
src: comingsoon.net
