TV Movie: Killing Lincoln

[Frank W. Baker]

"Killing Lincoln," the National Geographic Channel drama based on Bill O'Reilly's bestseller, will premiere February 17 at 8 p.m. ET. Perhaps not coincidentally, the debut, falls on Presidents Day weekend. The film - which, according to the network, "thrillingly chronicles the final days of President Lincoln and the treasonous plot by one the most notorious, yet complex villains of all time" - stars Billy Campbell ("The Killing") as Lincoln and newcomer Jesse Johnson as his assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Ridley and Tony Scott produced the project, with Tom Hanks hosting and narrating the two-hour film.