Created by dan futterman alex gibney lawrence wright with jeff daniels tahar rahim wrenn schmidt bill camp a look at how the rivalry between the cia and fbi inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9 11 and the war in afghanistan. The looming tower is an american television miniseries based on lawrence wrights 2006 book of the same name which premiered on hulu on february 28 2018 the 10 episode drama series was created and executive produced by dan futterman alex gibney and wrightfutterman also acted as the seriess showrunner and gibney directed the first episode. The looming tower critics consensus developed for tv by wright dan futterman and alex gibney an element to which the show returns time and again is the underestimation of ubl. The looming tower drama following the lead up to the tragedy of 9 11 on tv no upcoming broadcasts all previous episodes supporting content did you know they were in the country