James Franco at the 2013 Sundance film festivalOz the Great and Powerful’s James Franco will play time travelling teacher Jake Epping in the new miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s epic novel about the Kennedy assassination, 11/22/63.

Franco will also be a producer on the upcoming Hulu Original series from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, acclaimed author Stephen King, executive producer/writer Bridget Carpenter and Warner Bros. Television.

The project has been in development for some time; the nine-episode series was picked up by Hulu last September.

 

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