Word is that HBO and Tom Hanks will collaborate next year in producing a 13-part mini-series on the Warren Commission Report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It will mark the 50th anniversary of that tragic event.
Word also is out on what the mini-series’ agenda will be: proving the accuracy of the Report. To that end, it will rely heavily on the views and writing of former Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, the author of “Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy” in 2007.
Look for Mark Lane–of “Rush To Judgment” fame–and other, still-active Warren Commission Report critics to weigh in. This could be the last major go-round for the controversy that won’t quite go away–and probably never will. Among other counterpoints, look for Lane to accuse Bugliosi of overreliance on “sources” that moonlighted as CIA media assets.
Prediction: Warren Commission skeptics will not be convinced, although another ascending generation will now get to cringe at horrific Zapruder footage.