The National Geographic Channel (DStv 260) has announced that Billy Campbell has been cast as the American president Abraham Lincoln and that Jesse Johnson will play John Wilkes Booth in a new two hour upcoming made-for-TV movie, Killing Lincoln, produced by Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions.
Killing Lincoln is based on the best seller, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assasination that Changed America Forever. Killing Lincoln will be shown on the National Geographic Channel globally in 2013.
"The two hous special Killing Lincoln will capture the riveting narrative style and intimate detail used by O'Reilly in the book, which reinvigorated the story of Lincoln, engrossing readers around the world," says the National Geographic Channel in a press statement. "Production on the historical thriller will combine rare historical archives, emotionally engaging storytelling and feature-film quality re-enactments with special effects in the signature style of the Scott brothers."
