He decides to give up, and 'return to Maine', but stops to try and prevent a multiple murder he had heard about in the present. He returns to his lodgings to find them burning, Al's notes nearly all destroyed, and the landlady's son dead. He finds that the past is 'pushing back' as accidents and incidents make it difficult for him to achieve his goals. Armed with Al's research, Jake goes to 1960 (under the name James Amberson) and surveils a Kennedy intimate, believed to be Lee Harvey Oswald's handler. Al explains his own past attempts and mistakes to Jake to stop it, noting his apparent onset of cancer prevented him from spending extended time in the past. Dying of cancer, Al asks Jake to travel back to the 1960s and prevent the assassination of United States President John F. Wilbur Fitzgerald as Captain Will Fritzĭiner owner Al Templeton reveals a time portal to October 21, 1960, in his closet to his friend, English teacher Jake Epping.Grantham Coleman as Bonnie Ray Williams.

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He must find a way to secretly gather information about people and events leading up to the assassination while also creating and maintaining a new life to avoid suspicion.Ĭast and characters Main Kennedy on Novemhowever, he becomes attached to the life he makes in the past, which could be the mission's undoing. He is persuaded into going in an attempt to prevent the assassination of United States President John F. Jake Epping ( James Franco), a recently divorced English teacher from Lisbon, Maine, is presented with the chance to travel back in time to 1960 by his long-time friend Al Templeton ( Chris Cooper). It premiered on Hulu on February 15, 2016, and was received positively by critics. Abrams, King, Bridget Carpenter, and Bryan Burk, and produced by James Franco, who also starred in the main role. 11.22.63 is an American science fiction thriller miniseries based on the 2011 novel 11/22/63 by Stephen King, and consisting of eight episodes, in which a time traveler attempts to stop the assassination of John F.

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