Drama Kennedy - Netflix Chronicles an American Political Dynasty, Fassbender Stars

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Netflix Sets Kennedy Dynasty Series Starring Michael Fassbender As Patriarch Joe Sr.

Michael Fassbender will star as Joe Kennedy Sr. in the new Netflix drama series 'Kennedy,' about the lives of the family dynasty.

deadline.com

Netflix and Chernin Entertainment have set the new drama series Kennedy, which will explore the triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family. Michael Fassbender (The Agency, Black Bag) has been cast as patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr.

Kennedy is based on Fredrik Logevall’s book JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956, and will be showrun by Sam Shaw (Manhattan, Masters of Sex) and directed by Thomas Vinterberg (Festen, The Hunt), with all three set as executive producers.

According to the official logline, the eight-episode series will reveal “the intimate lives, loves, rivalries, and tragedies that shaped the most iconic dynasty in modern history, and helped create the world we live in today. Beginning in the 1930s, the first season charts 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.”

Thomas Vinterberg is directing…? So they really won’t be shying away from the ugly realities of that family, huh?