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Netflix Unveils 'Death by Lightning': Garfield's Assassination Revisited
10/9/2025
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Story summary
- Netflix's four-episode series "Death by Lightning" premieres November 6, 2025, reexamining the assassination of President James A. Garfield.
- Michael Shannon stars as Garfield; Matthew Macfadyen plays assassin Charles Guiteau.
- Directed by Matt Ross and filmed in Budapest in summer 2024. Executive producers include David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
- The trailer frames ambition, delusion, and political tension in Gilded Age America.
