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Sony's “American Hostage” Debuts Globally on MGM+ and HBO Max

5/6/2026

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Sony Pictures Television announced that American Hostage will launch internationally on MGM+.
The series will stream on MGM+ in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Latin America, and on HBO Max in France, Central and Eastern Europe, and Poland.
It stars Jon Hamm as Fred Heckman and Giovanni Ribisi as Tony Kiritsis and is adapted from the scripted podcast about the 1970s kidnapping.

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Sony Pictures Television announced that American Hostage will launch internationally on MGM+.
The series will stream on MGM+ in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Latin America, and on HBO Max in France, Central and Eastern Europe, and Poland.
It stars Jon Hamm as Fred Heckman and Giovanni Ribisi as Tony Kiritsis and is adapted from the scripted podcast about the 1970s kidnapping.