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EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is hunting legendary mob leader James “Whitey” Bulger successful a caller docuseries narrated by Ben Affleck.
The streamer has ordered three-part docuseries Hunting Whitey Bulger (w/t) arsenic portion of its increasing empire of true-crime titles.
Bulger has been nan taxable and inspiration for a number of awesome Hollywood movies including Jack Nicholson starrer The Departed and Johnny Depp-led Black Mass.
He was nan leader of nan Winter Hill Gang, an Irish mob based successful northwest Boston. He went into hiding aft his erstwhile FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him disconnected astir a pending RICO indictment and he remained astatine ample for 16 years earlier being captured successful 2011. He was recovered blameworthy connected 30 1 counts including racketeering charges and was recovered to person been progressive successful 11 murders. He was sentenced to 2 consecutive life sentences and died successful 2018 erstwhile he was beaten to decease successful prison.
Hunting Whitey Bulger is based connected caller reporting including never-before-seen hand-written letters from situation and cardinal players speaking connected camera for nan first clip to show nan “definitive wrong communicative of nan pursuit, capture, and killing” of Bulger.
The three-parter is directed by Zackary Canepari (Flint Town). It comes from Tom Forman’s Terminal B TV, which is down Netflix’s Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. Forman will exec nutrient pinch David Metzler pinch Claire Read serving arsenic executive shaper and showrunner.
The Town prima will exec nutrient done his Artists Equity institution alongside Kyle Wheeler. Before Black Mass, Affleck was attached to nonstop a Bulger starring his friend Matt Damon, but nan task ne'er moved forward.
Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge, authors of Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of nan Capture and Killing of America’s Most Wanted Crime Boss, besides service arsenic executive producers. Jesse Kerns is attached arsenic co-executive producer.
Hulu’s true-crime slate besides includes documentaries and bid including Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese, Devil successful nan Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke and Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini.
