AMC Studios has opened a writers room for Bannerman, a series for AMC and AMC+ based on the popular Bannerman spy novels by John Maxim. Deadline reported that the studio had previously announced it had acquired the rights to Maxim's books to develop for TV with Shane Black (Lethal Weapon) and Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead Universe) attached to executive produce, and Brian Witten co-executive producing. Black is also set to direct. Craig Silverstein will be creator and showrunner and is overseeing the writers room.
The Bannerman series, "which spans five books, centers on charismatic ex-spy John Bannerman. Retired from that gritty and suspenseful world, Bannerman finds himself living in a quiet suburban town but soon is pulled back into the life he's trying to escape," Deadline wrote.