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The upcoming Netflix limited series \u201cDeath by Lightning\u201d has set its premiere date.<\/p>\n
The four-episode drama will drop on the streaming service on Nov. 6. As previously announced, the series stars Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Shannon, which will tell the story of U.S. President James Garfield (Shannon) and his assassination by Charles Guiteau (Macfadyen). It is based on the novel \u201cDestiny Of The Republic\u201d by Candice Millard.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Along with Shannon and Macfadyen, the cast includes Nick Offerman as Chester Arthur, Bradley Whitford as James Blaine, Shea Whigham as Roscoe Conkling), and Betty Gilpin as Crete Garfield.<\/p>\n The guest cast includes: Alistair Petrie, Archie Fisher, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ben Miles, Kyle Soller, Laura Marcus, Paula Malcomson, Shaun Parkes, Tuppence Middleton, Vondie Curtis Hall, and \u017deljko Ivanek.<\/p>\n Mike Makowsky is the creator of \u201cDeath by Lightning\u201d and will also serve as writer and an executive producer. \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss also executive produce via Bighead Littlehead Productions along with Bernie Caulfield. Matt Ross will executive produce and direct all episodes.<\/p>\n Shannon has recently starred in TV series such as \u201cGeorge & Tammy\u201d (for which he received an Emmy nomination), \u201cWaco\u201d and \u201cWaco: The Aftermath,\u201d and \u201cNine Perfect Strangers.\u201d Macfadyen won two consecutive Emmy Awards for best supporting actor in a drama for his work on the hit HBO series \u201cSuccession.\u201d He was nominated in the same category for that series in 2020 as well. His work on \u201cSuccession\u201d also won him a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The upcoming Netflix limited series \u201cDeath by Lightning\u201d has set its premiere date. The four-episode drama will drop on the streaming service on Nov. 6. As previously announced, the series stars Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Shannon, which will tell the story of U.S. President James Garfield (Shannon) and his assassination by Charles Guiteau (Macfadyen). It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1972557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[351354,351356,351352,348197,351348,351347,351353,351355,351358,351349,351344,351345,23191,351357,351346,351351,351350,351359],"class_list":["post-1972556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-alistair-petrie","tag-barry-shabaka-henley","tag-betty-gilpin","tag-bradley-whitford","tag-candice-millard","tag-charles-guiteau","tag-chester-arthur","tag-death-by-lightning","tag-destiny-of-the-republic","tag-james-blaine","tag-matthew-macfadyen","tag-michael-shannon","tag-netflix","tag-nick-offerman","tag-president-james-garfield","tag-roscoe-conkling","tag-shea-whigham","tag-vondie-curtis-hall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/\u2018Death-by-Lightning-Sets-Netflix-Release-Date-President-Garfield-Assassination.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}