Al Pacino to Join Amazon Drama 'The Hunt' | THR News - video Dailymotion

The role would be the Oscar winner's first regular part in a TV series should he sign on to the Jordan Peele-produced drama.

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00:00Al Pacino is now the latest A-list actor to make the leap into the world of streaming series.

00:05The Oscar and Emmy winner is nearing a deal to join an Amazon drama called The Hunt

00:10from Jordan Peele's Monkey Pop Productions and Sonar Entertainment.

00:13It would mark Pacino's first series regular role ever.

00:17Created by David Weil, The Hunt follows a band of Nazi hunters in New York City circa 1977.

00:22The deal is not yet signed, but when it goes through, Pacino will join previously cast

00:27Logan Lerman in the series, which has a 10-episode order from Amazon.

00:31Lerman plays a young man whose grandmother is murdered and becomes swept up in the hunt organization

00:37as he tries to find the perpetrator. Pacino will play a veteran Nazi hunter who mentors Lerman's character.

00:42Pacino's only prior credit in an ongoing series was his very first, a guest spot on NYPD in 1968.

00:49For more on this project, head to THR.com.

00:51Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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