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New Trailer Alert: Unabomber

Here’s the trailer for a new Netflix film, Unabomber, for you today at Life After Gateway.

I grew up during this period and it captivated people’s attention … for two decades. Here’s my short summary:

TSJ’s Short History of the Unabomber

During the period 1978-1995, a serial bomber was active in the United States. Using the postal system and small package bombs, he targeted individuals and generally caused chaos in law-enforcement circles. Originally, investigators believed the culprit was focused on universities, as the first two bombs occurred at Northwestern University. His third attack occurred on an American Airlines flight, and together, these three bombs gave him his moniker: UN-A-Bomber. UN for “university” and A for “airline.” Eventually his bombs began to target a variety of other occupations, businesses, professors, and executives.

The now-famous police sketch of the suspect.

He also mailed newspapers, outlining his motives, and even sent an entire essay about his aims, which he called his ‘Manifesto.’ The bombs often held fake clues, including initials and notes, designed to distract officials. Years of examing the pattern failed to identify suspects. It wasn’t until the manifesto was published in the Washington Post that a family member recognized the writing and pointed investigators in the correct direction: to Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant mathematician and former Harvard student. He was living as a recluse who had shunned society and was living in a remote cabin in the woods. His aims were to target people that, in his mind, were contributing to the destruction of the natural environment. In essence, he was a domestic eco-terrorist. In the end, Kaczynski killed three and injured/maimed twenty-three others. He ended up in prison, and recently took his own life in his cell.

As an aside, there is a mini-series about the hunt for the Unabomber called Manhunt: Unabomber, which I highly recommend. It stars Sam Worthington.

Netflix’s Unabomber

Now, Netflix has just revealed the trailer for a new film about the Unabomber starring Russell Crowe, Jacob Tremblay, Shailene Woodley, and Annabelle Wallis.

Jacob Tremblay portrays a young Ted Kaczinsky

The story description from IMDB:

A Harvard student becomes the Unabomber after psychological experiments. Years later, an FBI agent’s pursuit reveals how his past shaped his deadly campaign that killed 3 and injured 23 from 1978-1995.

Studio: Netflix
Director: Janus Metz (Andor)
Writer: Sam Chalsen, Nelson Greaves
Stars: Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Shailene Woodley (Divergent)
Release date: 25 September 2026

The Trailer

The film releases on 25 September 2026; here’s the trailer. Will you watch this? Let me know in the comments.

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AN UNSTOPPABLE THREAT!

A mysterious assassin has murdered Cliff Sim, Chief Security Officer of the underwater colony, Trieste. Cliff was a mountain of a man, highly trained, and impossible to defeat in combat. And yet …

Someone brutally beat him and left his broken body in a secret Chinese facility at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

And included a calling card for Truman McClusky, Mayor of Trieste.

Taunting him.

Mac has led the underwater colonies in their fight against the world’s superpowers. Climate change has devastated the surface; nations suffer famine, drought, rebellion, rising waters, and apocalyptic coastal flooding. But now, as Mac leads the underwater colonies to freedom and independence, he’s faced with the gravest threat of his life: a Russian assassin, hellbent on killing Mac and everyone he cares for. Now Mac must uncover the identity of the killer, face him in combat, and at the same time lead people in battle against the largest underwater force ever assembled. It’s Mac’s final test, and to win the war, he must use every tool at his disposal, including the most surprising and devastating underwater weapons ever invented.

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But the assassin could be anyone …

Watch your back, Mac.

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The other books in The Rise of Oceania series by Timothy S Johnston:

The War Beneath 9781771484718
The Savage Deeps 9781771485067
Fatal Depth 9781554555574
An Island of Light 9781554555819
The Shadow of War 9781554556007