Netflix and AMC Team Up for First Co-Production: Spy Drama 'Bannerman'
Netflix and AMC Studios are co-producing Bannerman, a spy drama based on John R. Maxim's five Paul Bannerman novels — and it is the first time the two companies have shared a production from the ground up (Variety).
AMC Studios leads as the studio. The series will air on AMC in the US and Canada, then become available on Netflix in those same markets 90 days after the season finale. Netflix and AMC will co-premiere each episode in Australia, New Zealand and Spain, while Netflix carries the show exclusively everywhere else (Variety).
The story follows Paul Bannerman, a covert operative who convinces some of the world's deadliest assassins to quit the spy trade and settle into ordinary suburban life in Connecticut. The first novel, The Bannerman Solution, was published in 1989; the last, Bannerman's Ghosts, arrived in 2003, with three more in between (Variety).
Shane Black and Craig Silverstein co-wrote the first episode. Silverstein will serve as showrunner and executive producer; Black will direct and also executive produce. Greg Nicotero and Brian Witten round out the executive producer roster (Variety).
Silverstein previously created AMC's Turn: Washington's Spies and the animated series Pantheon, and his credits stretch from Bones to The Old Man; he is currently an executive producer and co-showrunner on Disney+'s Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Black is the screenwriter behind Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3 and Last Action Hero. Bannerman is his first television writing credit, though he received a character-creation credit on Fox's 2016 Lethal Weapon series, which was based on his original screenplay (Variety; Hollywood Reporter).
The path to a series order was not a straight line. AMC first announced it had acquired the rights to Maxim's books in January 2023, with Black, Nicotero and Witten already attached (Deadline; Hollywood Reporter). In April 2026, AMC Studios opened a writers' room with Silverstein credited as creator and showrunner; at that point the show was destined for AMC and its streaming sibling AMC+. Netflix joined later, and that partnership pushed the project to a full series order (Hollywood Reporter).
The two companies already had a working relationship. A streaming licensing agreement signed in 2024 and renewed in 2025 sees a selection of AMC series available on Netflix under an "AMC Collection" banner — but Bannerman goes further, making the two companies co-producers rather than simply licensing partners (Hollywood Reporter).
Dan McDermott, chief content officer of AMC Global Media and president of AMC Studios, called Bannerman "a smart, high-octane thrill ride" and the right project to launch AMC's first co-production with Netflix (Variety).
What makes the arrangement worth noting is the release window. The 90-day gap between AMC's season finale and Netflix's availability in the US and Canada gives AMC first run on its own air, then hands the show to Netflix for the audience that watches there — a split-window model that few co-productions attempt so explicitly.
