NBC placed a cast and script-contingent series order for anthological drama series “Manhunt” on Monday.
The order will be 10 episodes, a person with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Whit Brayton and Zack Rice will write and executive produce the project.
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Also executive producing the project will be Michael Sugar, Alex Goldstone, Nicole Romano and
Hood (pictured above) will also direct.
Each season of “Manhunt” will dramatize the mounting tension of an entire city on the hunt for a fugitive roaming the streets at large, per the series description. It will examine the moment an American or international city becomes a police state, war zone or ground zero and the ensuing bloodlust it inspires.