If there is a family that has fascinated the world for decades, it is the Kennedy family. After several modifications to the movies, the adventures of JFK and his family will soon be at the heart of a mini-series The Kennedys. In an ambitious budget of $ 30 million, the series will headliners Greg Kinnear in the role of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Katie Holmes in the role of his wife, Jackie.
While The Kennedys will be broadcast from April 3 on a small cable channel American Puremédias site reveals that France 3 acquired the rights to broadcast the series in France. The third channel, which has pulled the rug under the foot of Canal + will broadcast the series in the coming months "in prime time, according to our colleagues.
A series polémiqueDepuis it was started last year, The Kennedys have ceased to create controversy. Originally commissioned by the History Channel producer Joel Surnow, to whom we owe 24 hours clock, the series was finally abandoned at the last minute by the chain. The reason: pressure from the Kennedy family, who wanted to cancel the airing of the series, claiming it did not reflect reality.
Following this case, several other U.S. chains have been chilly to the idea of programming The Kennedys, who promised to offer a new perspective on the tragic fate of one of the most controversial family in the United States. Released from pressure, it finally, the small independent cable channel ReezChannel who agreed to broadcast the series across the Atlantic.
Seen from here, the controversy can only be beneficial for France 3, which hopes to attract many curious viewers.
While The Kennedys will be broadcast from April 3 on a small cable channel American Puremédias site reveals that France 3 acquired the rights to broadcast the series in France. The third channel, which has pulled the rug under the foot of Canal + will broadcast the series in the coming months "in prime time, according to our colleagues.
A series polémiqueDepuis it was started last year, The Kennedys have ceased to create controversy. Originally commissioned by the History Channel producer Joel Surnow, to whom we owe 24 hours clock, the series was finally abandoned at the last minute by the chain. The reason: pressure from the Kennedy family, who wanted to cancel the airing of the series, claiming it did not reflect reality.
Following this case, several other U.S. chains have been chilly to the idea of programming The Kennedys, who promised to offer a new perspective on the tragic fate of one of the most controversial family in the United States. Released from pressure, it finally, the small independent cable channel ReezChannel who agreed to broadcast the series across the Atlantic.
Seen from here, the controversy can only be beneficial for France 3, which hopes to attract many curious viewers.
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- Katie Holmes on her role as Jackie Kennedy (07/01/2011)
- "Disappointment for Katie Holmes over axed Jackie Kennedy series." (11/01/2011)
- See Katie Holmes as Jackie Kennedy on Day of JFK's Assassination (21/08/2010)
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