Nick Offerman (The Last Of Us) and Betty Gilpin (GLOW) have joined Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Shannon in Netflix’s President Garfield assassination series Death By Lightning.
Death By Lightning comes from Bad Education screenwriter Mike Makowsky, who created the series, and directed by Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic) with Game of Thrones duo David Benioff and D.B.
Weiss exec producing via their overall deal with Netflix. It is based on the book Destiny Of The Republic by Candice Millard.
The series will bring to life the stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau — the man who would come to kill him.
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