Stephen King and J.J. Abrams’ 11/22/63 Hulu Series Hires Director and Additional Cast
Hulu is in the process of developing an original series based on Stephen King’s time-travel novel 11/22/63. It was previously announced that J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is producing the series and that James Franco is set to star in it. The story centers around the Kennedy assassination, and they have hired Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, State of Play) to direct and executive produce the first two of the nine-episode event series.
Macdonald is a very talented director, and I think it’s great that they were able to get someone as good as him to be involved with developing the series.
Franco plays a high school English teacher named Jake Epping who travels back in time to try to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on the fateful date in American history.
Some of the other cast members joining Franco in the series are Chris Cooper as the irascible owner of Al’s diner and a mentor and friend to Epping; Sarah Gadon as the librarian who falls in love with Franco’s character, who is unaware of his double life; Cherry Jones as Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother; Daniel Webber as Lee Harvey Oswald; George MacKay as a bartender who becomes Jake’s ally; Lucy Fry as Lee Harvey Oswald’s Russian wife; and Leon Rippy as a janitor at Epping’s school in 2015.
Hulu has yet to announce a premiere date, but we’ll keep you updated!
Source: Variety