First look at the upcoming limited series Manhunt on Apple TV+

Apple TV+ today unveiled its first look at Manhunt, the upcoming, seven-part true crime limited series starring Emmy Award-winning actor Tobias Menzies (The Crown) and created by Emmy nominee Monica Beletsky (Friday Night Lights), who also serves as showrunner and executive producer. Emmy nominee Carl Franklin (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) directed the first two episodes and is also an executive producer. Manhunt is set to make its global debut on Apple TV+, with the first two episodes airing on Friday, March 15, 2024, and subsequent episodes debuting weekly on Fridays through April 19, 2024.

Based on the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning non-fiction 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. Starring alongside Menzies are Anthony Boyle (Tetris), 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).

Manhunt is produced by Apple Studios and co-produced by Lionsgate Television in association with POV Entertainment, Walden Media, 3 Arts Entertainment, Dovetale Productions and Monarch Pictures. Beletsky, Franklin, Layne Eskridge, and Kate Barry executive produce. Swanson, the author of “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer”, also serves as executive producer alongside Michael Rotenberg, Richard Abate, Frank Smith and Naia Cucukov.