Even if you don’t know the story behind the Unabomber aka Ted Kaczynski, you likely know the famous police sketch. You couldn’t go anywhere in 1996 without seeing the hooded, sunglasses wearing figure. Now, the story behind the hunt for the homegrown terrorist is coming to television with “Manhunt: Unabomber.”
Sam Worthington takes the role of FBI Agent and criminal profiler Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald, with Paul Bettany as Kaczynski in this look at how law enforcement tracked down the bomb making survivalist. Here’s the official synopsis:
Discovery’s highly anticipated new scripted series MANHUNT: UNABOMBER tells the story of how the FBI tracked down notorious Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, told from the point of view of the FBI profiler in charge of the manhunt. FBI agent Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald was one of the most decorated profilers in the history of the Bureau and his radical new approach to intelligence gathering ultimately brought down the Unabomber.
Co-starring Chris Noth, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Jane Lynch, Mark Duplass, Michael Nouri, Brian d’Arcy James, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Elizabeth Reaser, Ben Weber, Jeremy Bobb, Lynn Collins and Brian F. O’Byrne, “Manhunt: Unabomber” arrives on August 1st on Discovery.
