James Franco to star in Hulu adaptation of Stephen King’s time-travel novel about JFK killing

By The Associated Press

Posted Feb 12, 2015 03:42:41 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – James Franco will star in the small-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s time-travel novel about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

Franco’s role in the nine-hour series based on King’s “11/22/63” was announced Thursday by Hulu and Warner Bros. Television.

Franco will play a high school teacher who returns to 1963 to try to prevent Kennedy’s shooting in Dallas. He’s also a producer on the drama from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions.

Hulu Originals, which announced the “11/22/63” project last September, hasn’t set a release date.

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