Netflix Drops ‘Unabomber’ Trailer Starring Jacob Tremblay
Netflix has released the first trailer for Unabomber, a thriller charting Ted Kaczynski’s transformation from a 16-year-old Harvard student into the domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber. The film examines the alleged effects of psychological experiments, ambition and isolation, and is being positioned as a significant autumn release for the streaming service.
Jacob Tremblay plays Kaczynski, while Russell Crowe portrays Harvard professor Henry Murray and Shailene Woodley plays FBI agent Joanne Miller, who leads the later manhunt. Directed by Janus Metz and written by Sam Chalsen and Nelson Greaves, the film also features Annabelle Wallis, Alexander Ludwig, Steven Ogg and Marc Menchaca; it is due to premiere on Netflix on 25 September.
- Netflix releases first trailer for Unabomber.
- Jacob Tremblay plays Ted Kaczynski.
- Film premieres on 25 September.
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Ted Kaczynski was an American mathematician who later carried out a long campaign of bomb attacks. Between 1978 and 1995, he sent or planted explosives that killed three people and injured many others, becoming known as the “Unabomber”, a name linked to the early targets of the investigation.
Kaczynski had entered Harvard University as a teenager and later lived in isolation in a cabin in Montana. His case drew attention to questions about his early life, his anti-technology beliefs and the long FBI investigation that eventually identified him.
The manhunt ended in 1996 after Kaczynski’s brother recognised ideas in a published manifesto and alerted the authorities. Kaczynski was convicted of murder and other offences and sentenced to life in prison without parole.