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Adam Arkin Set To Direct & Exec Produce MGM+ Anthology Series ‘American Hostage’


Adam Arkin has signed on to direct and executive produce the first four episodes of MGM+'s 'American Hostage', a thriller anthology series.

Created by Shawn Ryan ( The Night Agent) and Eileen Myers ( Big Love), American Hostage is a psychological thriller set in the 1970s that tells the harrowing true story of Fred Heckman (Hamm), a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program. Hamm will also serve as an executive producer on the series alongside Connie Tavel, Sharon Hoffman, Ryan’s MiddKid Productions partner, Marney Hochman, Shawn Christensen ( Criminal Content) and Gabriel Mason ( Criminal Content). His previous directing/producing credits include The Night Agent, Cruel Intentions, Sugar, The Offer, Rebel and Get Shorty among many others.

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