Luigi Mangione Case Sparks Flurry of Documentaries [Video]

The shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and his suspected killer Luigi Mangione have already served as the inspiration for several upcoming documentaries.

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Since the shooting of Thompson on December 4, filmmakers have been rushing to create projects about the crime and 26-year-old Mangione, whose looks, life, and potential motivations for his alleged involvement have sparked an unexpected online obsession.

The first project comes from Anonymous Content in collaboration with Jigsaw Productions, a documentary company run by director Alex Gibney. Gibney’s previous credits include The Crime of the Century, a 2021 documentary on the American opioid epidemic, as well as Going Clear, the 2015 investigation into the Church of Scientology for which he received seven nominations at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Gibney’s documentary Taxi to the Dark Side, which examined the use of torture by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

As reported by Varietyon Monday, the collaboration …