Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Thriller Series ‘Manhunt’ First Trailer
by Alex Billington
February 6, 2024
Source: YouTube
“I was born with a chance to be somebody… I’m gonna be the most famous man in the whole world.” Apple TV has revealed an intriguing trailer for a conspiracy thriller series titled Manhunt, arriving for streaming in March next month. This is the astonishing story of the high-stakes hunt for John Wilkes Booth. Manhunt, a limited series, will be streaming on Apple TV+. We all know the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination in 1865 in Ford’s Theatre, but we haven’t ever really seen a good film or TV series about it before. Based on the bestselling & Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book also titled “Manhunt” by author James L. Swanson, Manhunt is a conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination. But what is “misunderstood” about it? The 7-part limited series stars Emmy Award-winning actor Tobias Menzies as Edwin Stanton, the U.S. Attorney General at the time, with Anthony Boyle as John Wilkes Booth, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison, Brandon Flynn, Damian O’Hare, Glenn Morshower, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh, and Hamish Linklater. This looks like a well-made thriller about a disquieting true story.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for Monica Beletsky’s series Manhunt, from Apple TV’s YouTube:
A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Based on The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book from author James L. Swanson, Apple TV+’s series Manhunt is a conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Manhunt is a limited series both created and showrun by Emmy nominee Monica Beletsky, who was a writer on “Friday Night Lights”, “Parenthood”, “Fargo”, and “I Am the Night” previously. With additional writing by Ben H. Winters, Mat Johnson, Matthew Ross Fennell, & Tim Brittain. Based on the book of the same name by James L. Swanson. With episodes directed by Carl Franklin, John Dahl, Eva Sørhaug. It’s executive produced by Monica Beletsky, Carl Franklin, Layne Eskridge, Kate Barry, James Swanson, Michael Rotenberg, Richard Abate, Frank Smith, & Naia Cucukov. Apple will debut the Manhunt series streaming on Apple TV+ starting on March 15th, 2024 coming soon.
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