Netflix Developing Show About JFK Clan. Going To Be American The Crown

[RAMROD 107,466]

Netflix is developing a limited series based on the life of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. 

The series will be based on the critically acclaimed book “JFK: Coming Of Age In The American Century, 1917-1956” by Fredrik Logevall. The book, originally published in 2020, is the first part of a planned two-volume biography of Kennedy. Part one examines his life from his birth up to his time as the junior U.S. Senators from Massachusetts.

Eric Roth is attached to write and executive produce the project. Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping of Chernin Entertainment will also executive produce. The search is currently on for a showrunner.

Reps for Netflix did not immediately respond to request for comment. 

According to sources, Netflix sees the series as something like an American version of “The Crown,” their highly successful show about Queen Elizabeth II and the British royal family, given the highly influential history of the Kennedy family in America. Whether that means the show would follow the same pattern as “The Crown” — in which different actors come in every two seasons to play the main characters as they age — is unclear at this time.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/jfk-limited-series-netflix-eric-roth-chernin-entertainment-1235751165/

 

 

Would you be interested in story about Kennedy clan family?

[LaLuna 12,732]

17 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

Would you be interested in story about Kennedy clan family?

Most definitely. I mean, the Kennedys are the most fascinating, not mention cursed, family in American history, so yeah I'm here for it.

[kurtz 52]

There is a great miniseries called “The Kennedys” that was on TV several years ago. Greg Kinnear plays JFK, Katie Holmes plays Jackie.  It was dropped by its original streaming service because the Kennedy family objected to it but it turned up on another. 

[Knife 6,800]

This could be good.

I'm going to need a few episodes on big and little edie from Grey Gardens.