Netflix Begins Production on Kennedy Drama Series

Netflix has begun production on its ambitious new drama series "Kennedy," offering the first glimpse of Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender in character as patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr. The eight-episode first season, set primarily in the 1930s, traces the rise of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their nine children, exploring the intimate lives, loves, rivalries, and tragedies that defined one of America's most influential families. Filming is underway in London, with no premiere date announced yet.

The series draws from Fredrik Logevall's 2020 biography "JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956," which details John F. Kennedy's early years from birth through his Senate tenure, highlighting his relationships, World War II experiences, and political ambitions. Showrunner Sam Shaw, known for "Masters of Sex" and "Castle Rock," described the Kennedys' story as "the closest we have to American mythology, somewhere between Shakespeare and The Bold and the Beautiful." He added that Logevall's book "pulls a veil on the human strivings and burdens behind the myth, revealing as much about our present moment, how we got here and where we're going, as about the Kennedys...