'Succession' star Matthew Macfadyen is teaming up with the 'Game of Thrones' creators for his next big TV project. Macfadyen has been cast alongside Michael Shannon ('Man of Steel') in a new Netflix drama series from 'Game of Thrones' producers David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Bernie Caulfield. The series is titled 'Death by Lightning,' a drama retelling the rise of U.S. President James Garfield (Shannon) and his subsequent assassination by Charles Guiteau (Macfadyen).
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00:00 Succession star Matthew McFadden is teaming up with the Game of Thrones creators for his next big TV project.
00:06 McFadden has been cast alongside Michael Shannon in a new Netflix drama series from Game of Thrones producers
00:12 David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Bernie Caulfield.
00:16 The series is titled Death by Lightning, a drama retelling of the rise of U.S. President James Garfield
00:21 and his subsequent assassination by Charles Gouteau.
00:24 The project is based on the novel Destiny of the Republic by Candace Miller.
00:28 McFadden is fresh off his Emmy win for his work on the final season of Succession.
00:33 He also has a mysterious role in Deadpool 3 coming up,
00:36 where he's joining Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in the long-awaited superhero sequel.
00:41 Elsewhere, Game of Thrones duo Benioff and Weiss are gearing up to launch their first drama series
00:46 they've served as showrunners since HBO's Thrones, Three-Body Problem, coming to Netflix on March 21.
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