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Look: 'Unabomber' Photos Introduce Jacob Tremblay as Young Ted Kaczynski

Jacob Tremblay transforms into the young Unabomber as Netflix’s film follows Ted Kaczynski’s Harvard years and later bombing campaign.

  • On Wednesday, Netflix released a first-look photo of Jacob Tremblay as young Ted Kaczynski in the upcoming film "Unabomber," with director Janus Metz confirming Tremblay was his first and only choice for the role.
  • The film follows Kaczynski as a 16-year-old math prodigy entering Harvard in 1958, where Professor Henry Murray and associate Christiana Morgan subjected him to controversial psychological experiments designed to manipulate young men.
  • Shailene Woodley portrays FBI agent Joanne Miller, who leads the manhunt for adult Kaczynski during the 1990s; Woodley reached out to real-life FBI agents to research the role and hear stories about hunting the domestic terrorist.
  • Tremblay, 19, portrays the domestic terrorist responsible for killing three people and injuring 23 more between 1978 and 1995 through mail bombings. He noted, "I didn't even know he went to Harvard until I read the script."
  • Netflix scheduled the premiere of this true-life psychological drama for September 25, chronicling Kaczynski's transformation from academic prodigy to domestic terrorist through his early Harvard years and later criminal campaign.
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