AMC Orders Thriller ‘Ragdoll’ From Sid Gentle Films

Sid Gentle Films Ltd, AMC and Alibi have announced the greenlight of the new modern-day six-part Faustian thriller “Ragdoll”, based on the novel by Daniel Cole. The project will air on AMC in the United States and Alibi in the UK.

The logline: Six people have been murdered, dismembered and sewn into the shape of one grotesque body — nicknamed the ‘Ragdoll’. Assigned to the shocking case are DS Nathan Wolf, recently reinstated to the London Met; his best friend and boss, DI Emily Baxter; and the unit’s new recruit, DC Lake Edmunds. The ‘Ragdoll Killer’ taunts the police by sending them a list of his next victims, with Wolf’s name among them. And with those victims to protect, our heroes soon come under intense public scrutiny.  A gruesomely imaginative serial killer thriller, Ragdoll also captures the fascinating but flawed friends struggling with the consequences of institutionalisation and trauma.

Filming on “Ragdoll” will commence in Spring 2021 around London and air in late 2021. Cast will be announced at a later date. The series will be executive produced by Sally Woodward Gentle and Lee Morris for Sid Gentle Films Ltd, one of BBC Studios invested indie production companies. Dan McDermott and Kristin Jones will take the lead for AMC and Philippa Collie Cousins, Commissioning Editor, Drama for UKTV will be executive producer for Alibi. Freddy Syborn is lead writer and executive producer and Lizzie Rusbridger will produce.