‘Bannerman’ Spy Guide Collection In The Works At AMC

AMC Networks has acquired the rights to the Bannerman spy ebook collection written by bestselling writer John Maxim. The novels, which consist of 5 titles, are being eyed as a possible tv collection by Shane Black (Deadly Weapon, Ironman), Greg Nicotero (The Strolling Useless, Creepshow) and Brian Witten (Creepshow, Friday the thirteenth). Jeffrey Maxim can be hooked up as a consulting producer.

The ebook titles are The Bannerman Resolution, The Bannerman Impact, Bannerman’s Legislation, Bannerman’s Promise and Bannerman’s Ghosts.

“I learn this whole collection years in the past and located the contrasting worlds of those darkish and tortured souls determined to reside regular lives fairly compelling,” stated Greg Nicotero in a press release. “To accomplice with Shane on this, who shares the identical ardour that I do for the books, takes this venture to an entire different stage.”

Within the ebook collection, Bannerman is the chief of a lethal group of CIA Brokers opening in Europe. Within the first title, The Bannerman Resolution, which was printed in 1989, he’s lured to Westport, Connecticut by his superiors, who plot his termination, however Bannerman has different plans that quickly contain a journalist and her father, a retired cop.

By the final title, Bannerman Ghosts, which was printed in 2003, an act of vengeance by a person lengthy although useless places Bannerman and a gaggle of his deadliest operatives into motion.

No particular plot particulars of the potential TV collection have been introduced.