By Ryan Louis Mantilla
The Tragic Death of President James Garfield
Netflix has revealed the full cast for Death by Lightning. The upcoming limited series will explore the "epic and stranger-than-fiction" story of the 20th President of the United States, James Garfield, and his assassination at the hands of his greatest admirer, Charles Guiteau.
Death by Lightning, which has already wrapped production in Budapest, Hungary, comes from creator, writer and executive producer Mike Makowsky (Bad Education). It is based on the novel by Candice Millard, titled "Destiny of the Republic."
The limited series is set to premiere sometime in 2025 and stars Archie Fisher (Last Days of John Allen Chau) as Joe Brown, Barry Shabaka Henley (Bob Hearts Abishola) as Senator Blanche Bruce, Željko Ivanek (Walking Dead: Dead City) as Dr. Bliss, Kyle Soller (Andor) as Robert Todd Lincoln, Ben Miles (The Crown) as George Scoville, Vondie Curtis Hall (Harriet) as Frederick Douglass, Shaun Parkes (Small Axe: Mangrove) as Dr. Charles Purvis and Alistair Petrie (The Night Manager) as John Sherman.
