The first trailer has landed online for High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam, the limited political thriller series inspired by John Nixon’s memoir Debriefing the President.

The series tells the story of how CIA officer Nixon (Joel Kinnaman), interrogated Saddam Hussein (Waleed Zuaiter) following his capture, seeking answers from the former Iraqi leader on the whereabouts of weapons of mass destruction as they confront the ramifications of the US invasion of Iraq.

Joining Kinnaman and Zuaiter in the cast are Lena Góra, Rebecca Night, Tom Berenger, Paul Ryan, Christopher McDonald, Dar Salim, Matt Barr, Ewan Miller, and Talia Balsam. Watch the trailer below…

For the first time, HIGH VALUE TARGET: THE HUNT FOR SADDAM brings to television screens the story of John Nixon (Joel Kinnaman), the first CIA officer to interrogate Saddam Hussein (Waleed Zuaiter, The Girlfriend) following his capture in December 2003. Set against the backdrop of one of the most consequential military operations in recent history, the pulse-pounding series explores the high-stakes exchanges between Nixon and Hussein. As Nixon seeks answers from the former Iraqi leader in his search for weapons of mass destruction, he is forced to confront the far-reaching consequences of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ramifications that would reverberate around the world for decades to come.

High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam premieres on September 13th.