AMC Studios has a new anthology series in the works, Great American Stories. Each season “will be devoted to a different celebrated work, historical moment, or individual narrative celebrating and highlighting the American spirit.” The first season will be based on John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath.

“For more than a year we have been searching for the perfect story to launch our next big television franchise, and we found it in The Grapes of Wrath, which is as timely and relevant today as it was when first published in 1939,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks. “Our country is built upon so many unforgettable historic and dramatic moments, tales of bravery and courage, classic novels, short stories, and chronicles well known and never-before-told. As a network that began its life as American Movie Classics, this is the franchise we’re destined to bring to the screen.”

Rolin Jones (Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire) will adapt The Grapes of Wrath and manage the series. Also attached to help with the franchise is producer Mark Johnson.