The National Geographic Channel (DStv 181) will produce yet another film based on the death of an American president based on the book Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot written by Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel (TopTV 405).
The National Geographic Channel is getting ready for the global broadcast of the film Killing Lincoln in February with Tom Hanks.
Now the docutainment TV channel is planning to follow it up with yet another two hour factual drama recounting the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and how a sequence of gunshots in Dallas "not only killed a beloved president, but also propelled the nation into the Vietnam War and a cultural change" says the National Geographic Channel in a statement.
The two hour film will be shown on the National Geographic Channel in 171 countries and will be produced by Ridley Scott.
"Collaborating with National Geographic on Bill O'Reilly's follow-up was an easy decision," says Ridley Scott in the press release. "They share the same passion of storytelling, willing to take creative leaps and risks to keep viewers entertained to tell the provocative story of Kennedy's last days, a pivotal and historic moment."
The National Geographic Channel says the channel is "claiming a stake in producing factual dramas, delivering entertainment with substance."
