The tale of the Unabomber is coming to Discovery. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network has ordered a series about the real-life figure titled Manifesto.
The series is being produced by Kevin Spacey’s production company, Trigger Street Productions.
Manifesto will follow FBI agent Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald and his innovative methods used to help find Ted Kaczynski, aka “The Unabomber.” Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski mailed homemade bombs to people involved in the technology industry, killing three and injuring more than 20.
Andrew Sodroski wrote the pilot of Manifesto. Spacey, Dana Brunetti, and Troy Searer will executive producer.
What do you think? Do you remember the Unabomber? Would you watch Manifesto?
I responded to the last bombing of Gilbert Murray’s death. I was employed by the Sacramento Fire Department as an Arson Investigator. When the bomb went off, our office was directly across the street, we heard the explosion and immediately thought someone had run their vehicle into the dumpster in the alley. We looked out the window and observed people running out of their office, We ran down four flights of stairs and immediately had the first in engine company seal off the entrance to the office. My supervisor instructed me to locate the office manager and get a head… Read more »