AMC Is About To Pick Up Two New Dramas, Knifeman and Galyntine

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Beejoli Shah

11/05/13 08:02PM

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Not sure how to fill the Bryan-Cranston-bald-pate shaped hole in your heart now that Breaking Bad is no more? A source close to the situation just tipped me off that AMC is right on the brink of picking up two new dramas: Knifeman and Galyntine. This story is still breaking, and updates will continue to come as pickups are officially announced.

Knifeman, written by playwright Rolin Jones (who also produced Low Winter Sun for the net) and executive produced by Sam Raimi, is based on the book The Knifeman: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery. The series focuses on an unorthodox self-educated surgeon who will go to any length to learn the secrets of the human body in 1771.

Galyntine, written by writer Jason Cahill and produced by Ridley Scott and Greg Nicotero, of The Walking Dead, is a sci-fi saga set in a futuristic dystopian society; plot details have been kept under wrap to date.

AtomicUnicorn Beejoli Shah 11/05/13 10:37PM

Ah man I was hoping that Knifeman was about a badass who murders badguys with a knife on the dark night streets of EveryGrittyCity, U.S.A.

Or a serial killer who does his doings with just a knife. Either would have sufficed.

Beejoli Shah AtomicUnicorn 11/05/13 10:47PM

Me too. Though I will also accept a gritty McDreamy practicing surgery in the colonies as well.

anonymousryan Beejoli Shah 11/06/13 12:12AM

Except it will likely be set in London, if it's at least somewhat historically accurate.

Mila Garak Beejoli Shah 11/05/13 08:21PM

Leslie Knope is going to be so excited about that second one.... at first.

Beejoli Shah Mila Garak 11/05/13 08:22PM

THAT WAS LITERALLY MY THOUGHT AS I WAS TYPING THIS ARTICLE—suuuuch a missed opportunity to not do a drama about sassy best friends who are unlucky in love. With meth. In a dystopian future.

conductioncoven Beejoli Shah 11/05/13 08:22PM

I've just started on breaking bad and I must say everyone is right on its greatness. The downside is I know he dies at the end. AMC sure can make great shows.
Also, Netflix is the only way to watch tv.

Assimilate Beejoli Shah 11/05/13 08:56PM

written by playwright Rolin Jones (who also produced Low Winter Sun)

This does not fill me with hope for this show; Low Winter Sun was awful.