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AMC has ordered a new series titled ‘Gramercy Park.’ The show is written by Janet Dulin Jones. Principal photography will take place in London, UK, in Spring 2025. 20th Television collaborates with Ocean Sky Entertainment, Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films, and Entertainment One for the production and eventual distribution of the project.
The historical series, set in New York City in 1883, revolves around Kate Donovan, an Irish immigrant who becomes a prostitute to fund the upbringing of her younger sister, Maureen, after their parents die in an accident. Kate then becomes mistress to some of the most influential men on Wall Street, while her sister, upon assuming a new identity, becomes the darling of New York Society and marries into one of America’s most influential families. Kate and Maureen’s lives get threatened when Osgood Plimpton, a lawyer and fixer to the great and powerful, learns about their “secret.” The secret could destroy Kate, her sister, and everything Kate has built.
Jones is best known for co-writing Lifetime’s TV movie ‘What If God Were the Sun?’ starring Gena Rowlands and Lacey Chabert. She is also an acclaimed playwright and a finalist of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholls Award for screenwriting. She is also an uncredited writer of ‘A Map of the World,’ starring Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore.
Mike Newell, who is known for directing ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral,’ ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,’ and ‘Donnie Brasco,’ is on board as a director, along with Scott Winant (‘Thirtysomething,’ ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘True Blood,’ and ‘Fargo’). In addition to Jones, the production team involves Lauri Apelian and Brenda Friend.
London previously hosted the filming of the Apple TV+ flick ‘The Gorge,’ Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,’ and Netflix’s ‘The Gentlemen.’ Upcoming high-profile projects shot in the region include DC’s ‘Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow’ and Morfydd Clark’s ‘The Duchess of Malfi.’
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