Stephen King's '11.22.63' TV adaption gets US premiere date

Los Angeles: The TV series adaption of Stephen King's bestselling novel "11.22.63" is set to premiere on February 15, 2016 in the US.

Picked up by Hulu, the nine-hour limited event series is about high school history teacher Jake Epping (James Franco), who travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F Kennedy, reported Variety.

His mission, however, is threatened by Lee Harvey Oswald, falling in love and the past itself, which doesn't want to be changed.

Chris Cooper, Josh Duhamel, TR Knight, Cherry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Lucy Fry, George MacKay and Daniel Webber also star in the series.

JJ Abrams, King, Bridget Carpenter and Bryan Burk serve as executive producers.