Netflix has picked up its next big historical drama: a series revolving around the Kennedy American political family.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the show is simply titled Kennedy and will star Michael Fassbender as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Based on Fredrik Logevall’s biography JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956, the series has tapped Sam Shaw (Castle Rock) as showrunner and Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round) as director.
According to the official logline, the first season will be set in the 1930s and center on the “improbable ascent of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their nine children, including rebellious second son Jack, who struggles to escape the shadow of his golden boy older brother.”
“The story of the Kennedys is the closest we have to American mythology — somewhere between Shakespeare and The Bold and the Beautiful,” Shaw said in a statement. “But Fredrik Logevall’s stunning, nuanced biography pulls a veil on the human strivings and burdens behind the myth, revealing as much about our present moment, how we got here and where we’re going, as about the Kennedys themselves. I’m thrilled to be able to explore this saga of a family and a world in transition.”
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Kennedy comes from Chernin Entertainment, which has also produced Netflix titles such as the animated series Exploding Kittens and the Fear Street films. Fassbender recently starred in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag and is currently the lead character in another spy thriller, Paramount+ series The Agency.