Move over"Love Story,"which just dropped the final FX episode centered onthe romance of John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette.
Next up, is the Netflix drama series "Kennedy," which revealed the eight-episode drama's first look withMichael Fassbenderas patriarchJoseph Kennedy Sron March 27.
"Kennedy" is still in production in London, with no release date set. But everyone's talking Kennedy family now, so bring on the origin story.
The 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," according to Netflix's description.
Beginning in the 1930s, Season 1 of "Kennedy" charts the improbable ascent of Joe Sr. (Fassbender), wife Rose Kennedy (Laura Donnelly) and their nine children.
The soon-to-be-famous brood includes rebellious second son John "Jack" Kennedy (Joshuah Melnick), who struggles to escape the shadow of his golden boy older brother, Joe Kennedy Jr. (Nick Robinson).
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Other family members include Rosemary (Lydia Peckham) Kick (Saura Lightfoot-Leon) and Eunice (Georgina Bitmead).
The series, executive produced by Sam Shaw, is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall's tome "JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1965."
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Who saw this tragedy coming on "NCIS"? Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen), Timothy McGee (Sean Carroll) and Alden Parker (Gary Cole) react during the 500th "NCIS" episode on March 24. Spoilers ahead!
"The story of the Kennedys is the closest we have to American mythology — somewhere between Shakespeare and 'The Bold and the Beautiful,'" Shaw told Netflix'sTudum.
To prove its epic scope, the series includes many of the luminaries in Joe Sr.'s orbit as the U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. This includes journalist Inga Arvad (Hera Hilmar), aviator Charles Lindbergh (Wyatt Russell), journalist Arthur Krock (Patrick Fischler), writer Clare Boothe Luce (Caitlin FitzGerald), British aristocrat Billy Cavendish (Louis Landau), British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (Robin Soans), OG Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Albert Welling), U.S. State Department official Raymond Furness (Denis O'Hare), FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Eddie Marsan), and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Toby Huss).
Imogen Poots stars as silent film star Gloria Swanson, who had a passionate affair with Joe Kennedy Sr.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:'Kennedy' series on Netflix reveals Michael Fassbender as Joe Kennedy
