American Hostage is a scripted psychological thriller podcast directed by Shawn Christensen and starring Jon Hamm, Joseph Perrino, Carla Gugino, and Dylan Baker.[1][2] It was produced by Criminal Content and released on February 22, 2022 by Amazon Music and Wondery.[3] On March 8, 2022, it debuted at #7 on Apple Podcasts United States.[4][5]
It is a dramatization of the true incident of Tony Kiritsis, who took his mortgage broker hostage in 1977.[6] The crisis took place over three days.[7]
On November 15, 2023, it was announced that American Hostage would be adapted into a television anthology series, with Shawn Ryan as the showrunner and Hamm reprising his role as Fred Heckman.[8]