Hulu Series, The Looming Tower in Pre-Production

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Jeff Daniels and Tahar Rahim to star in Hulu’s new series, The Looming Tower, based on the best selling book. Production will start in May 2017.

The series is being developed by 40 North Productions, LLC and will air on Hulu Web TV. It will film on location in New York City and South Africa. Scroll to the bottom of the page for production contact information.

Project Synopsis:

A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center. It re-creates firsthand the transformation of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri from incompetent and idealistic soldiers in Afghanistan to leaders of the most successful terrorist group in history. He follows FBI counterterrorism chief John O’Neill as he uncovers the emerging danger from al-Qaeda in the 1990s and struggles to track this new threat. Packed with new information and a deep historical perspective, The Looming Tower is the definitive history of the long road to September 11. Stuhlbarg will play Richard Clarke, the counter-terrorism czar of the Clinton Administration. Reporting directly to President Bill Clinton for security and infrastructure protection, Clarke chairs regular interagency meetings, but is unable to stop the territorial squabbling between John O’Neill of the FBI and Martin Schmidt of the CIA. Camp will play Robert Chesney, an FBI veteran with John O’Neill’s counter-terrorism unit in New York. Nearing voluntary retirement age, Chesney is from a different era, when the FBI was concentrated on domestic organized crime. Despite that, his highly developed instincts and interrogation techniques lead him to extract vital information from suspects in the fight against al-Qaeda. Contact production office to inquire about crew jobs:

• 40 North Production, LLC
• 295 Locust Ave, 4th Floor, Bronx, NY 10454
• P: 929-288-4200
• E: 40norths1@gmail.com

• Jigsaw Productions
• 601 West 26th Street, Ste. 1762, New York, NY 10001
• P: 212-352-3010
• E: info@jigsawprods.com

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