‘Great American Stories’ Anthology Series Reveals John Steinbeck’s Classic Will Be Adapted in Season 1
AMC Networks’ 2025 upfront presentation on April 9 is set to reveal more details about its upcoming projects, and it seems that fans of American literature might be getting what they want from the new series.
The Great American Stories anthology project was announced some time ago, and we have now received the first details ahead of the presentation that is scheduled for April 9.
Namely, the title of the first great American novel that is going to be adapted has seemingly been revealed, and it is one of the most important works of 20th-century American literature!
Great American Stories is an anthology project whose each season “will be devoted to a different celebrated work, historical moment, or individual narrative celebrating and highlighting the American spirit.” And while more information about the project is going to be revealed soon, we’ve found out that John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath is going to be adapted in the first season.
“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,” Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks, said to the press.
“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,” he added. “As a network that began its life as American Movie Classics, this is the franchise we’re destined to bring to the screen.“
Rolin Jones (Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire) is set to adapt The Grapes of Wrath and manage the series, as has been revealed. This won’t be the first adaptation of the novel, as John Ford made a movie version back in 1940 which is now considered a classic.
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