Apple TV+’s true crime limited series Manhunt has landed on a March 15, 2024 premiere date. The seven-episode series is based on James L. Swanson’s award-winning non-fiction book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer and stars Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass) as President Abraham Lincoln and Anthony Boyle (The Plot Against America) as Lincoln’s killer, John Wilkes Booth.
Emmy Award winner Tobias Menzies (Outlander, The Crown) stars as Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s war secretary and friend. The limited series’ cast also includes 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), and Matt Walsh (Veep).
Emmy, Golden Globe, PGA, and WGA-nominated writer/producer Monica Beletsky (Fargo, Leftovers, Friday Night Lights) created the series and serves as showrunner and executive producer. Author Swanson’s involved as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Layne Eskridge, Kate Barry, Michael Rotenberg, Richard Abate, Frank Smith, and Naia Cucukov.
The first two episodes were directed by Emmy nominee Carl Franklin (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) who also serves as executive producer. The series 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.
New episodes will stream on Fridays leading up to the April 19, 2024 finale.
“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,” reads Apple TV+’s synopsis.
