Al Pacino is ready to hunt some fictional Nazis

Al Pacino.
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Director Jordan Peele must've made Al Pacino an offer he couldn't refuse.

Pacino is nearing a deal to land his first starring TV series role on Peele's new Amazon series, Deadline reports. He'll reportedly play a Nazi hunter on the aptly named The Hunt, which follows a fight to disband a Fourth Reich in 1977 New York City.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.