By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 14, 2018 2:30 pm EST
Here is the plot of the series according to Collider:
Peele is juggling several projects at the moment after his breakout success with Get Out, for which he won a screenwriting Oscar, and aligning himself with promising talent is a good idea. His Twilight Zone reboot continues to collect high-profile actors, with John Cho and Steven Yeun recently boarding, and Lerman is a great young actor waiting for his second wind.
The Hunt is set in the late ’70s and based on an original idea by Weil, though he’s drawing from real-life events. Sources say that Lerman nearing a deal to play Jonah Heidelbaum, a young man seeking vengeance when he finds himself swept into a secret group known as The Hunters, who are devoted to rooting out Nazi officials who now live in America under assumed identities.
I was one of the few who saw Percy Jackson & The Olympians before the YA phenomenon fizzled out, and while the movie itself was shaky, Lerman was the consummate star. The 26-year-old actor has impressed me in supporting roles in prestige dramas as well, such as 2014’s Fury and 2007’s 3:10 to Yuma. He could easily lead a series with a timely and potent premise such as this, and it will be exciting to see where his career goes.
