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'Death by Lightning' Trailer Offers Look at James Garfield Miniseries
The miniseries follows Garfield's presidency and Guiteau's obsession, based on Candice Millard's book and produced by creators of Game of Thrones.
- Netflix released a trailer previewing Death by Lightning, a four-episode limited series starring Michael Shannon as James Garfield and Matthew Macfadyen as Charles Guiteau.
- Creator Mike Makowsky adapted the series from Candice Millard's Destiny of the Republic, with Matt Ross directing and David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Bernie Caulfield executive producing.
- The ensemble includes Shea Whigham, Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin and Bradley Whitford, while guest performers feature Alistair Petrie, Archie Fisher, Barry Shabaka Henley and Ben Miles.
- The series dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, 20th president of the United States, and Charles Guiteau, admirer-turned-assassin, following Garfield’s rise and Guiteau’s obsession that leads to Garfield’s shooting four months after his inauguration.
- Netflix gave Death by Lightning a straight-to-series order, and Mike Makowsky said he spent years researching the story before announcing the project publicly.
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The Independent (US)The unbelievable true story behind Netflix’s Death by Lightning
Netflix miniseries stars Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen as President James Garfield and his assassin
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‘Death by Lightning’ Trailer: Michael Shannon Is James Garfield, and Matthew Macfadyen His Killer, in Netflix Miniseries
Michael Shannon stars as James A. Garfield, aka the 20th president of the United States, in Netflix’s latest historical miniseries, “Death by Lightning.” “Succession” favorite and Emmy winner Matthew Macfadyen holds his own opposite Shannon as Charles J. Guiteau, aka the man who shot Garfield on July 2, 1881, at a railroad station in Washington D.C. Garfield died from his injuries in New Jersey two months later, as this period series dramatizes.…
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