Netflix Adds WACO Limited Series With Michael Shannon & Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh
Looking for something new to binge? Well, today Netflix has added Drew & John Erick Dowdle’s limited series Waco with Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh with Michael Shannon as Gary Noesner.
Check out the trailer below.
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It stars Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh with Michael Shannon as Gary Noesner, Andrea Riseborough as Judy Schneider, Paul Sparks as Steve Schneider, Rory Culkin as David Thibodeau, Shea Whigham as Mitch Decker, Melissa Benoist as Rachel Koresh, John Leguizamo as Jacob Vazquez[a], Julia Garner as Michelle Jones, and Glenn Fleshler as Tony Prince.
The limited series sports a 68% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: Waco brings its fact-based drama to life with an outstanding ensemble, though its sympathetic approach to the main character may offend some viewers.
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The six-episode series is a dramatized exploration of the 51-day 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and David Koresh’s religious faction, the Branch Davidians, in Waco, Texas, that culminated in a fatal fire. It investigates the tragedy right up until and chronicling the standoff told from a variety of viewpoints of those most personally associated with the two sides of the dispute.
Waco was developed by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle and premiered on Paramount Network back on January 24, 2018. Will you be giving it a watch this weekend? Let us know what you think in the comments below or over on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
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