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According to Variety, the show will delve into the lives of brothers Edwin, Junius Brutus Jr. and John Wilkes Booth and their dysfunctional relationship.
John Wilkes Booth, the son of a British Shakespearean actor, assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre during a performance of Our American Cousin on April 14, 1865.
The Booths is currently seeking a writer.
Bacon made his directorial debut at Showtime with 1996's Losing Chase. He has also helmed episodes of wife Kyra Sedgwick's TV show The Closer and the movie Loverboy.
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