Manhunt - AppleTV+ - John Wilkes Booth

Agent Coulson

Starts March 15th.

A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history: the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This is the astonishing story of the high-stakes hunt for John Wilkes Booth.

Based on The New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning nonfiction book from 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 Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. The seven-part limited series stars Emmy Award-winning actor Tobias Menzies (“The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “Outlander”), and is created by Emmy nominee Monica Beletsky (“Fargo,” “The Leftovers,” “Friday Night Lights”), who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. Emmy nominee Carl Franklin (“Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” “One False Move,” “Devil in a Blue Dress”) directed the first two episodes and is also an executive producer on the series.

Starring alongside Menzies are Anthony Boyle (“Tetris,” “The Plot Against America”), Lovie Simone (“Greenleaf”), Will Harrison (“Daisy Jones & The Six”), Brandon Flynn (“13 Reasons Why”), Damian O’Hare (“Hatfields & McCoys”), Glenn Morshower (“The Resident”), Patton Oswalt (“A.P. Bio”), Matt Walsh (“Veep”) and Hamish Linklater (“The Big Short”).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFT-b8eKdSo

Agent Coulson

Enjoyed the opening two episodes I have to say.

I had just finished watching Masters of the Air starring Anthony Boyle and here he is as the lead in this as well nice to see another Irish actor breaking bigtime in Hollywood he has been getting great roles over the last couple of years.

Jack Daw

The Book Manhunt by James L Swanson is incredible, even though it's a history book it's as good as any thriller you could read.I'd highly recommend people read it

eightieschewbaccy

Loved the first episode and really established the political tension of the period. A first president dying and a potential large conspiracy that brought it about.

expectationlost

the timeline is all over the place in the first ep

siblers

It's good, well shot and acted but struggling to buy into it, seems a bit silly at times. There's not much tension or excitement either.

extra gravy

Pretending they threw Booth into a river when in reality he's buried in Maryland...bit desperate.