John F. Kennedy Docuseries Director Ashton Gleckman & RadicalMedia – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Gleckman, the director behind Holocaust documentary We Shall Not Die Now, is popping his consideration to John F. Kennedy in a brand new docuseries.

The 22-year outdated director and composer, who was described by famed composer Hans Zimmer as “the boy with bat ears,” has teamed with RadicalMedia on Kennedy, a sequence in regards to the thirty fifth President of the USA.

The challenge, which RadicalMedia is producing alongside Gleckman’s Blackbird Footage, is designed for a 2023 premiere to mark the sixtieth anniversary of JFK’s assassination. The businesses are in talks with streaming platforms and networks.

The sequence will search to share Kennedy’s legacy with a brand new era, together with his early years, his time within the warfare, his journey onto the political scene, and his thousand-day presidency. 

Kennedy, which is nearing completion, options never-before-seen archival footage, pictures, and audio recordings of Kennedy.

Gleckman, who writes, directs, edits, and produces the docuseries, gained unprecedented entry to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library to chronicle the life, legacy, and management of the youngest president ever elected to workplace. He additionally carried out over 100 interviews for the sequence.

Gleckman’s We Shall Not Die Now was launched on Amazon Prime in 2019.

It’s the newest Presidential documentary for RadicalMedia, which developed and produced Ronald Chernow’s Grant for Historical past, is engaged on Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, each exec produced by Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, whereas Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Method Productions firm are concerned within the latter, for the A+E Networks’ channel and can be in manufacturing on FDR for a similar community.

“Ashton is a very exceptional expertise and we’re delighted that he has chosen us as his companions to carry this all-important sequence to fruition,” stated Jon Kamen, CEO of RadicalMedia and government producer. “Our shared aim for this particular sequence is to seek out the fitting house the place we are able to yield the biggest attainable viewers to mirror on Kennedy’s core values, management type, and love for civic obligation — particularly for a brand new era that’s sorely lacking function fashions within the political house right now.”

“RadicalMedia is behind a few of my favourite documentaries of all time. From Fog of Struggle to Summer time of Soul, these movies have immediately influenced my filmmaking strategy and magnificence from the very begin of my profession,” stated Gleckman. “It was clear from my first assembly with Jon Kamen and Dave Sirulnick — these are producers who not solely try to create one of the best movies attainable, however extra importantly, care deeply in regards to the tales they inform and the individuals they select to inform them with. I’m past thrilled to have discovered my house at Radical for this challenge and plenty of others to comply with.”