Netflix will delve into the origins of the longest-running political household dynasty in the US, the Kennedys.
The streamer has greenlit a sequence, titled Kennedy, that may star Michael Fassbender as patriarch Joseph Kennedy Sr. The present comes from Chernin Leisure and showrunner Sam Shaw (Citadel Rock, Manhattan). Thomas Vinterberg (One other Spherical) is hooked up to direct.
The sequence relies on JFK: Coming of Age within the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall.
“The story of the Kennedys is the closest we have now to American mythology — someplace between Shakespeare and The Daring and the Stunning,” mentioned Shaw. “However Fredrik Logevall’s gorgeous, nuanced biography pulls a veil on the human strivings and burdens behind the parable, revealing as a lot about our current second, how we acquired right here and the place we’re going, as in regards to the Kennedys themselves. I’m thrilled to have the ability to discover this saga of a household and a world in transition.”
Kennedy is meant as an ongoing sequence. The primary season shall be set within the Nineteen Thirties and observe the “unbelievable ascent of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their 9 youngsters, together with rebellious second son Jack, who struggles to flee the shadow of his golden boy older brother,” per the present’s logline.
Shaw will govt produce Kennedy with Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Kaitlin Dahill for Chernin Leisure, Eric Roth, Logevall, Lila Byock, Anya Epstein, Dustin Thomason, Vinterberg and Anna O’Malley.
Chernin Leisure, a part of The North Street Firm, has produced various titles for Netflix, together with the animated sequence Exploding Kittens, the Worry Road movies and options Again in Motion and Rez Ball.
