Sean Penn Will Play Andrew Jackson in HBO Miniseires

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Sean Penn will take on the role of Andrew Jackson in a new HBO miniseries, echoing the network’s John Adams.

For those that aren’t thrilled by the idea of VinylHBO has something a bit different in the works. Or a bit more of the same, depending on how you want to look at it. HBO doesn’t produce very many political series, but when they do they tend to get a lot of attention. Part of that, of course, is due to the talent that tends to be involved.

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Variety is reporting that Sean Penn will be the next major star to take on politics for HBO. Penn will star as Andrew Jackson in a miniseries adaptation of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. The project doesn’t have an official title yet, but American Lion would be a strong bet. If this sounds at all familiar, it’s because HBO did ridiculously well with John Adams, which starred Paul Giamatti.

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If only Sean Penn had been in John Adams as Andrew Jackson; HBO could have its own Marvel-level style of continuity. It wouldn’t make all that much sense in reality, but who cares? The new Andrew Jackson series won’t go into production until 2016, and that makes a premiere date of next year a tad unlikely.

It’s much more likely that we won’t see American Lion — still running with that name — until 2017. The miniseries is expected to stick closely to Jackson’s time as president, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see a bit more of his life as well.

Next: Watch a trailer for HBO's upcoming series, Vinyl.

Whether or not the new project will be as widely successful as John Adams has to be seen.