AMC has passed on pilots Knifeman and Galyntine. This marks three consecutive drama pilots at AMC not to go forward, following the pass to Line of Sight in March. It has been 15 months since the network last picked up a pilot to series — both Turn and Halt and Catch Fire in July 2013 — as AMC has been shifting strategy to more straight-to-series orders over the past year, including Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul, martial arts drama Badlands and UK co-production Humans. The net has two high-profile pilot in the works, the Stephen Gaghan-directed Afghanistan drama White City, and the untitled Walking Dead companion.
Galyntine and Knifeman both were swings for AMC as they explored new content territories – Galyntine was about a technology-induced disaster that has resulted in a new society that has eschewed any form of technology and Knifeman about a surgeon in 18th century London.
We have enormous admiration and appreciation for everyone associated with these projects,” AMC said in a statement. “We are grateful to have ongoing relationships with several of these talented creators and look forward to working together again.”
Galyntine was written by Jason Cahill and Greg Nicotero and produced by Scott Free; Knifeman was penned by Rolin Jones.
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