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AMC is officially heading down Thunder Road.
The cablegram web has greenlit nan NASCAR play bid that has Dennis Quaid starring.
Deadline first revealed nan task was successful nan useful successful November and collapsed nan news that nan Reagan prima was attached earlier this month.
The announcement came arsenic portion of AMC Global Media’s Upfront showcase successful New York.
Thunder Road follows nan multi-generational saga of nan fictional Whitlock family, whose bequest successful banal car racing is arsenic heavy arsenic nan family’s ties to nan confederate elevation state roots that shaped them.
Quaid will play racing fable Duane Whitlock aka The Wrecking Ball, a towering fig who built a racing empire from a bequest of moonshine runs and ungraded tracks and refuses to fto it die. With ruthless competitors who will extremity astatine thing to dethrone and destruct them, The Whitlocks are a blue-collar dynasty astatine nan separator of extinction – and nan aged king is fighting to clasp onto nan crown.
The bid will spell into accumulation this summertime and motorboat connected AMC and AMC+ successful 2027.
Thunder Road is created and executive produced by John Fusco pinch Taylor Elmore connected committee arsenic showrunner and executive producer. Executive producers see Cliff Roberts pinch Syndicate Entertainment and Mark L. Smith, on pinch NASCAR Studio’s Tim Clark and John Dahl pinch Gladys Cheng arsenic producer. The bid is produced successful relation pinch NASCAR and marks nan first long-form play bid to partner pinch nan racing organization.
“We are thrilled to squad up pinch NASCAR, a world people partner that continues to prosecute and entertain their profoundly loyal fans for astir 80 years,” said Dan McDermott, Chief Content Officer of AMC Global Media and President of AMC Studios. “And successful nan eventual dream casting, we’re fortunate to person nan legendary Dennis Quaid lead this captivating series. This show will be a nonstop thrill thrust for viewers.”
