Overview

• Jon Hamm will star as Indianapolis radio reporter Fred Heckman, reprising his role from the original podcast.
• The series, co-created by Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers, adapts the acclaimed 2022 podcast into a scripted anthology format.
• Each season of the anthology will dramatize a different hostage crisis, with the first based on a real-life 1970s event.
• Production is set to begin in Winnipeg, Canada, in fall 2025, with international distribution managed by Sony Pictures Television.
• This marks another high-profile scripted order for MGM+ as part of its cinematic-focused programming expansion.