UNABOMBER (2026): Cast, Story and Release Details

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UNABOMBER dramatizes Ted Kaczynski’s transformation from Harvard prodigy to the Unabomber, connecting his troubled past and controversial psychological experiments to the FBI investigation that eventually pursued him.

UNABOMBER is a 2026 thriller, crime and history film centered on Ted Kaczynski’s transformation from an exceptional young scholar into the figure known as the Unabomber. The story links his personal history to the consequences of psychological experimentation, ambition and isolation.

Directed by Janus Metz, the film also follows FBI agent Joanne Miller as she leads the manhunt that brings Kaczynski’s past back into focus. Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe and Shailene Woodley lead the principal cast.

UNABOMBER movie details

Story without spoilers

The film follows Ted Kaczynski across two defining stages of his life: his rise as a Harvard prodigy and his later emergence as the infamous Unabomber. His experiences include controversial psychological experiments conducted by Professor Henry Murray, whose role forms part of the film’s account of Kaczynski’s troubled past.

Decades later, FBI agent Joanne Miller leads the investigation into the Unabomber. As the manhunt develops, the film examines how earlier experiences and prolonged isolation are connected to the crimes at the center of the case, without reducing the story to the investigation alone.

What to expect

UNABOMBER combines crime and historical subject matter with the structure of a psychological thriller. Its premise moves between Kaczynski’s early academic life, the experiments associated with Henry Murray and the later FBI pursuit led by Joanne Miller.

The film deals with terrorism, bombings, psychological manipulation and the consequences of isolation. Because it is based on a real figure and a documented manhunt, the story’s focus is on the development of a notorious case and the people connected to it rather than on an entirely fictional mystery.

Cast and creative team

Jacob Tremblay plays Ted Kaczynski, with Russell Crowe as Professor Henry Murray and Shailene Woodley as FBI agent Joanne Miller. Annabelle Wallis portrays Christiana Morgan. The supporting cast includes Alexander Ludwig, Steven Ogg, Marc Menchaca, Tanya Clarke as Susan Mosser, Matthew Kevin Anderson as David Kaczynski and Mark Camacho as Bill Ford.

Janus Metz directs the film from a screenplay by Sam Chalsen and Nelson Greaves.

• Jacob Tremblay as Ted Kaczynski
• Russell Crowe as Henry Murray
• Shailene Woodley as Joanne Miller
• Annabelle Wallis as Christiana Morgan
• Alexander Ludwig
• Steven Ogg
• Marc Menchaca
• Tanya Clarke as Susan Mosser
• Matthew Kevin Anderson as David Kaczynski
• Mark Camacho as Bill Ford

Release and production context

UNABOMBER is listed as a United States production from MRC and 2.0 Entertainment. It is in English and has a release date of September 25, 2026. The supplied metadata does not include a runtime.

Production companies: MRC, 2.0 Entertainment

UNABOMBER official trailer

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UNABOMBER approaches a notorious true-crime subject through the combined perspectives of Kaczynski’s personal history and the FBI investigation that pursued him. Its focus on psychological experiments, isolation and the consequences of ambition gives the story a broader historical frame while retaining the investigative foundation of a crime thriller.

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