Friday, October 30, 2015

Hulu Sets February Premiere Date for '11.22.63' Event Series from J.J. Abrams and Stephen King

Hulu will debut its new event series 11.22.63 based on the best-selling, time travel novel by Stephen King on Monday, February 15, 2016.







The nine-hour limited event series - which will be released on a weekly basis - stars James Franco as a high school history teacher who travels back in time to stop the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

The cast also features Chris Cooper, Daniel Webber, Cherry Jones, George MacKay, Lucy Fry, Leon Rippy, Sarah Gadon, Brooklyn Sudano, T.R. Knight, Nick Searcy and Josh Duhamel.

King, J.J. Abrams, Bridget Carpenter and Bryan Burk serve as executive produces. Scottish director Kevin Macdonald directs the first two episodes.