1 of 3 | Joel Kinnaman’s “High Value Target” is to premiere on Sept. 13. Photo courtesy of TNT
Aug. 6 (UPI) — Suicide Squad and For All Mankind actor Joel Kinnaman‘s new limited series, High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam, is to premiere on TNT Sept. 13.
The eight-episode political thriller is based on the book, Debriefing the President, by CIA Analyst John Nixon. It will co-star Waleed Zuaiter, Tom Berenger, Christopher McDonald, Dar Salim and Talia Balsam.
Kinnaman plays Nixon, the first CIA officer to interrogate Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (Zuaiter) following his capture by U.S. forces in December 2003.
“TNT has always been home to bold, character-driven drama, and High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is exactly that,” Jason Sarlanis, president of Turner Networks, said in a statement Wednesday.
“John Nixon found himself in a singular position at a pivotal moment in modern history — face-to-face with Saddam Hussein as the world sought answers about a war that would reshape the Middle East. More than two decades later, the consequences of that moment still reverberate through global geopolitics, and in Joel Kinnaman, we found the perfect actor to bring this extraordinary story to life.”
