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Manhunt

13+
English
March 15, 2024
Season: 1
Episodes: 7
Status: released

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Manhunt TV Series Details:

Based on Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson
Country United States
Language English
GenreHistorical, Thriller, Drama
Season1
Episodes7
Release dateMarch 15, 2024 – April 19, 2024
Age rating13+
StarringTobias Menzies
Anthony Boyle
Lovie Simone
Will Harrison
Brandon Flynn
Damian O’Hare
Glenn Morshower
Patton Oswalt
Created byMonica Beletsky
ShowrunnerMonica Beletsky
Directed by Carl Franklin
John Dahl
Eva Sørhaug
Written byMonica Beletsky
Tim Brittain
James L. Swanson
Matthew Ross Fennell
Mat Johnson
Jan Oxenberg
Ben H. Winters
Executive producersMonica Beletsky
Layne Eskridge
Kate Barry
James L. Swanson
Michael Rotenberg
Richard Abate
Frank Smith
Naia Cucukov
Carl Franklin
Cinematography by Robert Humphreys
Trevor Forrest
Edited by Damien Smith
David Berman
Karoliina Tuovinen
Music byBryce Dessner
Opening theme “Egún” by Danielle Ponder
Production CompaniesPOV Entertainment
Dovetale Productions
Monarch Pictures
Walden Media
3 Arts Entertainment
Lionsgate Television
Apple Studios
Distributor Apple TV+

Manhunt TV Series Cast & Character:

  • Tobias Menzies as Edwin Stanton
  • Anthony Boyle as John Wilkes Booth
  • Lovie Simone as Mary Simms
  • Will Harrison as David Herold
  • Brandon Flynn as Edwin Stanton Jr.
  • Damian O’Hare as Thomas Eckert
  • Glenn Morshower as Andrew Johnson
  • Patton Oswalt as Lafayette C. Baker
  • Matt Walsh as Samuel Mudd
  • Hamish Linklater as Abraham Lincoln
  • Lili Taylor as Mary Todd Lincoln
  • Josh Stewart as Sandford Conover / James Wallace
  • C.J. Hoff as Louis J. Weichmann
  • Larry Pine as William H. Seward
  • Anne Dudek as Ellen Stanton
  • Daniel Croix as Joseph “Peanuts” Burroughs
  • Spencer Treat Clark as Lewis Powell
  • Carrie Lazar as Mary Surratt
  • Tommie Turvey as George Atzerodt
  • Walker Babington as Edmund Spangler
  • Josh Mikel as John Surratt
  • Josh Bowman as Frederick W. Seward
  • Carlos Luckie Jr. as William Bell
  • Maxwell Korn as Robert Todd Lincoln
  • Betty Gabriel as Elizabeth Keckley
  • Roger Payano as Oswell Swann

Storyline:

The aftermath of the first American presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plans.

About Manhunt TV Series:

Manhunt is an American historical thriller drama miniseries, adapted from James L. Swanson’s book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. It was directed by Carl Franklin, John Dahl, and Eva Sørhaug and created by showrunner Monica Beletsky.

The series stars Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison, Brandon Flynn, Damian O’Hare, Glenn Morshower, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh and Hamish Linklater.

In January 2022, a series adaptation of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson was first announced. Pre-production for the series began in Savannah, Georgia in February 2022, with filming beginning in May and set to finish by October.

First Walden Media adult-oriented product. All of the previous production of the work is family-oriented. (Not including The Giver and Everest, which are PG-13 ratings by the MPAA)

The series premiered on Apple TV+, on March 15, 2024.

Manhunt TV Series Episodes List:

EpisodesTitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1“Pilot”Carl FranklinTeleplay by: Monica BeletskyMarch 15, 2024
2“Post Mortem”Carl FranklinTeleplay by: Monica Beletsky <br> Story by: Monica Beletsky & Matt JohnsonMarch 15, 2024
3“Let the Sheep Flee”John DahlMonica Beletsky & Ben H. WintersMarch 22, 2024
4“The Secret Line”John DahlMonica Beletsky & Tim BrittainMarch 29, 2024
5“A Man of Destiny”Eva SørhaugMonica Beletsky & Matthew FennellApril 5, 2024
6“Useless”Eva SørhaugMonica Beletsky & Jan OxenbergApril 12, 2024
7“The Final Act”Eva SørhaugMonica BeletskyApril 19, 2024

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