AppleTV+ Orders Lincoln Assassination Limited Series, Manhunt

AppleTV+ has ordered its first show in 2022! The company announced today, January 5, that is has given the greenlight on Monica Beletsky’s new limited series, Manhunt.

Starring Tobias Menzies, this also marks the first series order to hail from Beletsky’s overall deal with Apple TV+. Manhunt is a true crime series based on the astonishing events of the Lincoln assassination, aftermath and based on the best-selling book by James Swanson.

Part historical fiction, part conspiracy thriller, Manhunt will take audiences into 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–issues that reverberate into the present day. The series strongly features 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.

Production on the series will begin later this year. Thoughts on the new limited series?

Source: AppleTV+