AMC Networks Sets Great American Stories Anthology Series, Will Launch with ‘Grapes of Wrath’

AMC Networks is working on a TV series adaptation of the classic novel The Grapes of Wrath as part of its new Great American Stories anthology series.The purpose of the new anthology series is to focus on a “different celebrated work, historical moment, or individual narrative celebrating and highlighting the American spirit.”The first season of the series will be an adaptation of the classic John Steinbeck novel with Friday Night Lights‘ Rolin Jones set as the writer.

“For more than a year we have been searching for the perfect story to launch our next big television franchise, and we found it in The Grapes of Wrath, which is as timely and relevant today as it was when first published in 1939,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks (via Variety). “Our country is built upon so many unforgettable historic and dramatic moments, tales of bravery and courage, classic novels, short stories, and chronicles well known and never-before-told. As a network that began its life as American Movie Classics, this is the franchise we’re destined to bring to the screen.



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