AMC Picks Up Rubicon For 12 Episode Season

AMC has picked up the political thriller Rubicon, starring James Badge Dale. The show, from writer Jason Horwitch and Warner Horizon, has received a 12-episode order. Directed by Allen Coulter, the project revolves around a secret society that pulls the strings on the world political stage. It centers on Will Travers (Dale), a brilliant analyst at a national think tank who discovers that his employers are not who they seem to be.

Rubicon is the third drama pilot for AMC and the third to go to series, following Mad Men and Breaking Bad. The pilot for Rubicon was greenlighted almost a year ago, with the network’s development team took its time to figure out where the mystery would go after the pilot. No production start date has been set yet for “Rubicon,” which co-stars Miranda Richardson, Jessica Collins Christopher Evan Welch and Lauren Hodges.