Award-winning director Jay Roach is lined up to direct the upcoming HBO adaptation of the Broadway play All The Way.
All The Way documents President Johnson's first year in office following the assassination of his predecessor John F Kennedy amidst building escalations in the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.
Roach previously directed another presidential-related HBO drama in 2012's Game Change, chronicling the story of Sarah Palin's rise to the Republican presidential ticket in 2008.
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Bryan Cranston is also on board to reprise his Tony Award winning portrayal of President Lyndon B Johnson.
All The Way documents President Johnson's first year in office following the assassination of his predecessor John F Kennedy amidst building escalations in the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War.
Roach will join executive producer Steven Spielberg on the project, The Wrap reports.
Cranston and the play's author Robert Schenkkan will serve as producers.
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Roach previously directed another presidential-related HBO drama in 2012's Game Change, chronicling the story of Sarah Palin's rise to the Republican presidential ticket in 2008.
Game Change earned Roach his third and fourth Primetime Emmy Award win for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special, and for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.
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