Katie Holmes to revisit Jackie Kennedy role in "The Kennedys -- After Camelot"

Katie Holmes is returning to her role as Jacqueline Kennedy in "The Kennedys -- After Camelot," the follow-up to Reelz Channel's 2011 miniseries "The Kennedys."

Holmes, who starred as the former first lady in "The Kennedys," will reprise that role for the new four-hour miniseries, and will also serve as executive producer and direct one of the episodes. Jon Cassar, who directed all eight episodes of "The Kennedys," will direct the other three and also executive produce.

"'The Kennedys' was a brilliant execution of storytelling based on the lives of one of the world's best known families," Reelz CEO Stan E. Hubbard said in a statement. "Katie elegantly portrayed Jackie Kennedy in the first miniseries and now will continue the role as Jackie grows into the Jackie O that the world knows best. Katie is brave, committed and perfect for this role. She is a strong, talented woman who understands how special and respected Jackie Kennedy, and then Jackie Onassis was, as an international icon."

The new miniseries, based on J. Randy Taraborrelli's "After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family (1968 to the Present)," begins filming in spring 2015, with a planned premiere on Reelz sometime in 2016.