James Franco to star in Hulu's '11/22/63' series

Washington: James Franco has signed on Hulu's upcoming time-travel miniseries series '11/22/63' that will be based on Stephen King's novel.

The 'Interview' actor will star as a high school English teacher who travels back in time and tries to stop the assassination of President Kennedy in Hulu's highest-profile show, the Verge reported.

The Hulu's upcoming series will be produced by J.J. Abrams ' production company, 'Bad Robot', and King and Abrams will be the executive producers of the show

According to Deadline.com, this series will run for nine episodes and Hulu will soon be ordering additional seasons that focus on other historical events.

Apart from this Hulu has planned to come with some shows that will be produced by Amy Poehler and Jason Reitman.