A new drama series about the Kennedy dynasty, called Kennedy, has been greenlit by Netflix. The series is set to chart the all-American family’s rise through the ranks of political power.

“Kennedy reveals 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,“ the show’s official logline explains.

The series will begin long before John F. Kennedy reached the White House, with Michael Fassbender set to morph into the first season’s leading man: Joseph Kennedy Sr.—the Kennedy family’s patriarchal head, according to Variety.

Kennedy Sr. was an accomplished politician himself who President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed to become the first chairman of the SEC and the first Director of the Uni

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