Summary • Netflix greenlit a new historical drama, Kennedy, set to explore the famous American political dynasty • Michael Fassbender joins the cast as the family patriarch, Joseph Kennedy Sr. • Season one, set in the 1930s, charts the ascent of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their nine children

A new series focusing on America's Kennedy family has received the greenlight from Netflix, with Michael Fassbender joining the cast as patriarch Joseph Kennedy Sr.

The historical drama will is being led by showrunner Sam Shaw, with Thomas Vinterberg set to direct and Chernin Entertainment. Kennedy is based on Fredrik Logevall's 2020 biography JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956, with season one taking place in the 30. "Beginning in the 1930s, the first season charts the improba

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