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American Hostage is a scripted psychological thriller podcast directed by Shawn Christensen and starring Jon Hamm, Joseph Perrino, Carla Gugino, and Dylan Baker.[1][2] It was produced by Criminal Content and released on February 22, 2022, by Amazon Music and Wondery.[3] On March 8, 2022, it debuted at #7 on Apple Podcasts United States.[4][5]

Background

It is a dramatization of the true incident of Tony Kiritsis, who took his mortgage broker hostage in 1977.[6] The crisis took place over three days.[7]

Television adaptation

On November 15, 2023, it was announced that American Hostage would be adapted into a television anthology series, with Sony Pictures Television served as studio, Shawn Ryan as the showrunner and Hamm reprising his role as Fred Heckman.[8] The series was greenlit by MGM+ on April 23, 2025, with shooting scheduled for the following fall in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[9]

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