Tobias Menzies To Star In Lincoln Assassination Limited Series ‘Manhunt’ For Apple From Monica Beletsky
deadline.comTobias Menzies is eschewing royal Britain to try and catch President Abraham Lincoln’s killer in a new limited drama series for Apple.The Crown star will play Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s War Secretary and friend, who was nearly driven to madness by the need to catch John Wilkes Booth and to carry out Lincoln’s legacy, in Manhunt, which comes from Friday Night Lights and Fargo writer/producer Monica Beletsky.Manhunt marks the first series order for Beletsky, who signed an overall deal with the streamer in 2019 and recently renewed the pact.Based on James Swanson’s book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer, the series is produced by Apple Studios and co-produced Lionsgate, in association with POV Entertainment, Walden Media, and 3 Arts Entertainment.It is unrelated to the previous Lionsgate-produced series Manhunt, which aired its first season Manhunt: Unabomber on the Discovery Channel in 2017 and the second season Manhunt: Deadly Games on Spectrum in 2020.The Apple series is described as part historical fiction and part conspiracy thriller and will center around 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.It will also feature Black historical figures whose lives intertwined with the escape, manhunt, and subsequent high-crimes investigation, including Mary Simms, a former slave of the doctor who treated Booth’s injury and gave him safe harbor after his crime.Beletsky will serve as showrunner and exec producer of the limited series with Mindhunter’s Carl Franklin set as director and exec producer.
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