District 9 star Sharlto Copley is Ted Kaczynski in upcoming “Unabomber” movie Ted K, a true crime thriller that has received an official teaser trailer ahead of its February release.
Ted K was directed by Tony Stone. The film is said to feature “a tour-de-force performance from Sharlto Copley, who portrays the complexity of this unique outsider, raging at the forces of both the inescapable technological society that plagues him and his own inner demons.”
“Ted K lives a life of almost complete seclusion in a simple wooden cabin in the mountains of Montana. But then this former university professor, who despises modern society and its faith in technology, becomes radicalized. What begins with local acts of sabotage, ends with deadly bomb attacks. To the outside world, Ted K becomes known as the Unabomber.
“Based on Ted Kaczynski’s diaries and writings, Tony Stone’s film is a kaleidoscopic true crime journey into the life of one of America’s most complex and eccentric killers.”
As explained by Wikipedia, “Between 1978 and 1995, [Kaczynski] killed three people and injured 23 others in a nationwide bombing campaign against people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruction of the environment.”
Ted K is coming to select US theaters and VOD on February 18.
Preview Copley’s transformation in the “Unabomber” movie below.