Waco is a event series exploring the true life events leading up to and chronicling the 51-day siege between the FBI, ATF and David Koresh’s spiritual sect, The Branch Davidians.
Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch will star with Shannon playing lead FBI negotiator, Gary Noesener, and Kitsch in the role of David Koresh, notorious leader of the religious group.
Shannon, Kitsch, and the Dowdle brothers will executive produce the Waco Texas siege series.
A subset of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, had been operating their organization out of Waco since 1955.