Sam Worthington to star in Unabomber drama “Manifesto”December 2, 2016 - 15:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Discovery has found its FBI agent for Manifesto. Avatar star Sam Worthington has been tapped to play opposite Paul Bettany in Discovery's Unabomber drama, Manifesto, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The eight-episode series, produced by Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti's Trigger Street and Lionsgate Television, tells the story of how the FBI captured Ted Kaczynski (Bettany), one of the most infamous criminal masterminds in the world. Worthington will play FBI agent Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerald, one of the most decorated profilers in the history of the bureau, whose radical approach to intelligence gathering ultimately took Kaczynski down. Manifesto will be Worthington's first major leading role on U.S. television. Manifesto was written and exec produced by Andrew Sodroski and overseen by showrunner Greg Yaitanes (Quarry, Banshee), the latter of whom will also direct. Spacey, Brunetti and Troy Searer exec produce alongside Discovery's John Goldwyn. The real Fitzgerald will serve as consulting producer. Worthington currently stars in Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge. His credits include Avatar, Terminator Salvation, Clash of the Titans and more. He's repped by CAA, Shanahan Management, Anonymous Content and Hansen Jacobson. A premiere date for Manifesto has not yet been determined. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |