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Luigi Mangione documentary is already confirmed to be in the works

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Updated 18:53 16 Dec 2024 GMTPublished 18:31 16 Dec 2024 GMT

Luigi Mangione documentary is already confirmed to be in the works

Luigi Mangione has been charged in connection with the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson

Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper

A documentary about the man suspected of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is reportedly in the works.

On 4 December, 50-year-old businessman Thompson was shot and killed in the early in the morning on a street in New York as he was preparing to attend a company investor conference.

The killing made headlines around the world while a large scale man-hunt began across the US, with 26-year-old Luigi Mangione ultimately being arrested at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and subsequently charged with Thompson's death.

Mangione was allegedly found to be in possession of a handwritten 'manifesto' at the time he was apprehended as well as a 'ghost gun' thought to be similar to the one used to kill Thompson.

He is currently being held in custody as he awaits potential extradition to New York.

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As the world anxiously awaits to see what happens next in the case, documentary makers are wasting no time in turning the case into content.

According to a new report from Variety, a documentary regarding Mangione's alleged role in the killing is currently in the works from Anonymous Content and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions.

Luigi Mangione is suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
Luigi Mangione is suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Gibney, whose work includes acclaimed documentaries such as 2007's Taxi to the Dark Side and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, is hoping to examine not only the killing of Thompson but the wider debate which has since taken place across America, the publication further reports.

In the days following the shooting, a division appeared online between those who believed that Thompson had been killed in cold-blood and those who hailed Mangione as a kind of anti-hero for allegedly taking a stand against the US healthcare system, which is widely seen as exploitative.

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Variety adds that the currently unnamed documentary will also aim to tackle the 'national conversation' amid bubbling frustration in regards to various health insurance companies' denying claims from patients and rising medical costs.

The 26-year-old is currently being held in Pennsylvania (PA Department of Corrections/ Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The 26-year-old is currently being held in Pennsylvania (PA Department of Corrections/ Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

According to figures cited by Deadline, Thompson's UnitedHealthcare had double to average rate of rejections when came to medical claims.

The average percentage of healthcare claims denied by insurance companies is believed the be 16 per cent whereas United's are said to have rejected 32 per cent percent of claims made by customers.

It has since been reported that Mangione - who had been educated at a elite US private school and a top Ivy League college - had suffered from debilitating back pain and had undergone surgery to treat it in recent years.

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However, it is currently unclear whether or not Mangione's personal health troubles had contributed to his alleged views of the wider industry.

A spokesperson for UnitedHealthcare has since stated there is no record that he was ever insured by the group.

Featured Image Credit: PA Department of Corrections/ Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Topics: US News, Luigi Mangione, TV and Film, Documentaries

Brenna Cooper
Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper is a journalist at LADbible. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in History, followed by an NCTJ accredited masters in Journalism. She began her career as a freelance writer for Digital Spy, where she wrote about all things TV, film and showbiz. Her favourite topics to cover are music, travel and any bizarre pop culture.

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