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\n One of America\u2019s most famous families<\/a> is getting the Netflix treatment.\n <\/p>\n \n A new drama series titled \u201cKennedy,\u201d based on Fredrik Logevall\u2019s book titled \u201cJFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956,\u201d is coming soon, the streaming giant announced Monday<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n The series will star Michael Fassbender as the family patriarch, Joe Kennedy, Sr., and will \u201cexplore the triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The triumphs as well as tragedies have been many for the Kennedys, the dynasty that produced the 35th US president as well as a New York governor and presidential hopeful, both assassinated. Talk of a Kennedy curse was reinforced when, among other unfortunate events, the former\u2019s son, JFK Jr., lost his life along with his wife and sister-in-law in a plane crash in 1999.\n <\/p>\n \n A description of the show revealed that the series will begin long before John F. Kennedy occupied the White House, with the first season beginning in the 1930s and charting \u201cthe improbable ascent of Joe and Rose Kennedy and their nine children, including rebellious second son Jack, who struggles to escape the shadow of his golden boy older brother.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThe story of the Kennedys is the closest we have to American mythology \u2014 somewhere between Shakespeare and The Bold and the Beautiful. But Fredrik Logevall\u2019s stunning, nuanced biography 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\u2019re going, as about the Kennedys themselves,\u201d showrunner Sam Shaw said in a statement.\n <\/p>\n