Kennedy (American TV series)

Kennedy
Genre	Historical drama
Created by	Sam Shaw
Based on	JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956 by Fredrik Logevall
Starring	Michael Fassbender
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Sam Shaw Thomas Vinterberg Peter Chernin Jenno Topping Kaitlin Dahill Eric Roth Fredrik Logevall Lila Byock Anya Epstein Dustin Thomason Anna O'Malley
Production company	Chernin Entertainment
Original release
Network	Netflix

Kennedy is an upcoming American historical drama television series made by Netflix. The series is based on the 2020 biography JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century by Fredrik Logevall. Logevall will also be executive producing the project. ^[1]

Premise

The series is based on the Kennedy family, and starts with the rise of Joe and Rose Kennedy in the 1930s. ^[2]

Cast

• Michael Fassbender as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

Production

In 2023, Variety reported that Netflix was developing a series based on Fredrik Logevall's book JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, with Eric Roth set to write the script and Chernin Entertainment producing. ^[1] In 2025, Netflix announced that the show was being produced and that Sam Shaw would be the showrunner, with Michael Fassbender portraying Joe Kennedy Sr. ^[2] Thomas Vinterberg is set to direct and executive produce the series. ^{[2] [3]}

Release

The show will be released as an eight-episode multi-season series on Netflix. ^[4] Filming is scheduled for 2026. ^[3]

References

1. Otterson, Joe (2023-10-13). "JFK Limited Series in Development at Netflix From 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Co-Writer Eric Roth, Chernin Entertainment (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
2. Romero, Ariana (October 20, 2025). "The Kennedy Family Is Coming to Netflix". Tudum by Netflix .
3. Ruimy, Jordan (2019-08-19). "Thomas Vinterberg to Direct JFK Biopic for Netflix — Screenplay by Eric Roth". World of Reel. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
4. Yin-Poole, Wesley (2025-10-20). "X-Men Star Michael Fassbender to Play Joseph Kennedy Sr. in Netflix Kennedy Family Drama". IGN. Retrieved 2025-10-20.