Josh Radnor has joined Jordan Peele’s upcoming Amazon series “The Hunt,” TheWrap has learned.
The “How I Met Your Mother” alum has been cast opposite Al Pacino, Logan Lerman and Jerrika Hinton on the Prime Video Nazi-hunting drama.
Created by David Weil, “The Hunt” follows a diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City. The Hunters, as they’re known, have discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the US. The eclectic team of Hunters will set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans.
Radnor will play Lonny Flash, a movie star who is secretly a member of Meyer’s (Pacino) organization, The Hunters
Produced by Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Sonar Entertainment, “The Hunt” also stars Lena Olin, Carol Kane, Saul Rubinek, Tiffany Boone, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Greg Austin and Dylan Baker.
Weil (“Moonfall”) serves as writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner alongside Nikki Toscano. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon will direct the pilot and also executive produce.
Additional executive producers include Win Rosenfeld (“Dark Net”) from Monkeypaw Productions; Nelson McCormick (“Prison Break”); Tom Lesinski (“Mr. Mercedes”) and Jenna Santoianni (“Mr. Mercedes”) from Sonar Entertainment.