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“Kennedy”, the new Netflix series about the American dynasty in production

Michael Fassbender will play patriarch Joseph Kennedy Sr. in this eight-episode production that traces the rise of this extraordinary family.

One of the most influential families in American history will have the right to their fiction on Netflix. The drama series – soberly named kennedy It will tell the rise of the dynasty of the same name and its production is just beginning. In the casting the name of Michael Fassbender, Oscar winner for 12 years of slavery AND Steve JobsIt has already been announced. He will play the lead role of Joseph Kennedy Sr., the patriarch.

The project, commissioned almost two years ago, was conceived by Netflix as an American version of the crownthe British series that chronicles the reign of Elizabeth II. With eight episodes for this first season, kennedy aims to develop the family epic over several seasons.

The series is based on the biography of Fredrik Logevall, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956. The plot begins in the 1930s and follows the unlikely rise of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their nine children, particularly Jack, the rebellious second son who tries to escape his older brother’s shadow.

The “Kennedy Curse”

From the Kennedy family emerged the 35th president of the United States, as well as a New York senator and presidential candidate, both of whom were assassinated. Beyond the political tragedies, the dynasty experienced a series of tragedies that fueled the legend of a “Kennedy curse”: JFK’s son, JFK Jr., died along with his wife and sister-in-law in a plane crash in 1999.

For Sam Shaw, the showrunner of the series and creator of manhattan AND castle rock“The story of the Kennedys is the closest thing to an American mythology, halfway between Shakespeare and Love, glory and beauty.Shaw notes that Logevall’s biography lifts the veil on the human aspirations and burdens behind the myth.

A release date has not yet been announced. Netflix has also not revealed who will play Rose Kennedy and the couple’s children, including young Jack Kennedy, a future president assassinated in 1963.

Author: Sophie Hiénard
Source: BFM TV

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