Overview
- Producers announced the still-untitled series June 18–19 and confirmed Chris Pratt will star opposite presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin.
- Goodwin will appear on screen and serve as an executive producer and editorial advisor to keep the history accurate.
- The digital shorts are produced by ATTN: with Alex Gregory attached as a producer and will blend live action and animation in a format nicknamed a “Faster Class.”
- The U.S. Department of State’s Office of Public Diplomacy and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs provided partial funding as part of outreach tied to America’s 250th anniversary.
- Coverage so far ranges from straight reporting of the team and funding to skeptical commentary about a celebrity-driven approach and questions over government-funded cultural outreach and how foreign audiences will receive it.