James Franco is going back in time for Hulu.

Earlier this morning at the Hulu Upfront Presentation in New York City, the streaming service announced that Franco will star in the nine-hour limited event series 11/22/1963, a thriller based on the best-selling 2011 novel by Stephen King.

Executive produced by the creative dream team of King and J.J. Abrams, 11/22/1963 follows high school history teacher Jake Epping (Franco) as he travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Complications arise in the form of Lee Harvey Oswald, love, and the past itself, which, according to the series synopsis, doesn’t want to be changed.

Hulu announced five new original programs in all at the upfronts, including Difficult People, a comedy executive produced by Amy Poehler. Starring Billy Eichner and Julie Klausner, the series follows two best friends dealing with awkward situations in New York City, and will premiere some time this summer.

Not content with merely creating something new, Hulu is also taking an enormous step towards becoming master of the online domain by acquiring the exclusive subscription video-on-demand rights to Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld himself made a surprise appearance at the event to announce the big news).

Seinfeld will be available for Hulu subscribers to stream beginning this June

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