AMERICAN HOSTAGE Miniseries Trailer, Clip, Images and Posters

American Hostage Miniseries Trailer Clip Images Posters

"American Hostage" is a new anthology series created by Shawn Ryan ("The Shield") and Eileen Myers based on the podcast of the same name. The first season focuses on the stranger-than-fiction 1977 case of Tony Kiritsis (Giovanni Ribisi) who entered the office of Richard "Dick" Hall (Kristoffer Polaha), president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and wired the trigger and muzzle of a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun to the back of Hall's head and neck. During the 63-hour hostage crisis, Kiritsis demanded to be interviewed by popular Indianapolis radio reporter Fred Heckamn (Jon Hamm)

The story was also portrayed in Gus Van Sant's 2025 film "Dead Man's Wire" starring Bill Skarsgard and Dacre Montgomery. The show's cast also includes Mireille Enos, William Jackson Harper, Jonathan TUcker, Kat Cunning, Mark McKinney, June Laporte, Joe Cobden, Lisa Codrington and Adam Arkin. "American Hostage" premiered on September 20, 2026 on MGM+.

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"A psychological absurdist thriller set in the 1970s inspired by true events tells the harrowing story of a radio reporter thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when a hostage-taker demands to be interviewed live on his radio program."