New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- Netflix and Chernin Entertainment have officially given the green light to a new drama series chronicling the lives of the legendary Kennedy family, according to a report by Variety.

Titled Kennedy, the series is adapted from Fredrik Logevall's acclaimed biography 'JFK: Coming of Age' in the American Century, 1917-1956.

Academy Award-nominated actor Michael Fassbender is set to portray the family patriarch, Joseph Kennedy Sr., in the eight-episode first season commissioned by Netflix.

This announcement comes nearly two years after Variety first revealed that the project was in development at the streaming giant. At that time, insiders described the series as Netflix's American counterpart to The Crown, aiming to e...