The Manhunt Miniseries

We are all anxiously awaiting the release of the “Manhunt” miniseries on Apple TV+.  Last summer, Apple TV used Philadelphia’s Miller Theater to stage the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (which actually took place at the Fords Theater in Washington DC.)    The film crew then spent 5 weeks at Ormiston, turning our 1798 mansion into the film version of Secretary of State William Seward’s home where there was an assassination attempt on his life, the same night that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. 

For an update about “Manhunt,” go to Wikipedia at

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhunt_(miniseries)

 

If you go to the list of cast members on Wikipedia,  you can click on their names to see their pictures and a writeup about each of them.  Worry not! We will tell you when the first episode is finally released! 

 

Manhunt at Ormiston!

This month has been very exciting at Ormiston.  Apple TV+ chose Ormiston as the site for a streaming series called “Manhunt.”  It’s the story of the 12-day hunt for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Lincoln.   The assassination scenes are at the Merriam Theater.  The next scene takes place at Ormiston, where one of Booth’s accomplices attacks Secretary of State Seward, who is asleep in his bed (situated in our board room!)  The entire mansion, inside and outside, underwent massive renovation to capture the 1865 style,  and will be returned to its original state  after filming, to make it historically correct for 1798. 

This link is an announcement of the upcoming series, the producer and one of the lead actors, Tobias Menzies. 

This link is an update about other actors and their roles.  

Rob has been taking pictures of the house during its transformation and return to “normalcy.”  We hope to have some kind of viewing at Ormiston once the movie is released.