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Filming underway on Manhunt: Unabomber

Upcoming drama features Sam Worthington, Paul Bettany, Jane Lynch, Chris Noth & Keisha Castle-Hughes.

Filming is now underway in Atlanta on Manhunt: Unambomber, a scripted series for Discovery.

The project, which centres on how the FBI brought down “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski in the mid 1990s, stars Paul Bettany in the title role.

Sam Worthington will play an FBI agent Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald. Also appearing will be Jane Lynch stars as US Attorney General Janet Reno, Chris Noth as the Bay Area Divisional Head of the FBI, and Keisha Castle-Hughes as a street agent who partners up with Jim.

Produced by Lionsgate and Trigger Street Productions, including Kevin Spacey as an Executive Producer.

Discovery has been moving into scripted territory. It will screen later in 2017.

The series traces how FBI Agent Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald challenged the old-school ways with his radical new approach to intelligence gathering – his focus on linguistics became vital to breaking the case. To stop the Unabomber’s reign of terror, it would take someone with an unconventional style. But could this maverick way of doing things cause even more tension from within? And potentially throw off the entire case? In the end, Fitzgerald trail blazed a career that would lead him to become one of the most decorated profilers in the history of the FBI. But the road to get there wasn’t as easy as it looked.

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