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11.22.63
''11.22.63'' is an American science fiction thriller television 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. Kennedy. The series is executive-produced by J. J. Abrams, King, Bridget Carpenter, and Bryan Burk, and produced by James Franco, who also starred in the main role. It premiered on Hulu on February 15, 2016, and was received positively by critics. Premise Jake Epping, 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. He is persuaded into going in an attempt to prevent the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963; however, he becomes attached to the life he makes in the past, which could be the mission's undoing. He must find a way to secretly gather information about people and events leading up to the as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Webber (actor)
Daniel Peter Webber (born 28 June 1988) is an Australian actor. Among his best known roles, Webber has portrayed Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil in the 2019 film '' The Dirt'', Lee Harvey Oswald in the American science fiction thriller miniseries '' 11.22.63'' and Lewis Wilson in the series ''The Punisher''. Early life and education Webber grew up on the New South Wales Central Coast and attended Green Point Christian College. He was a trampolinist and performed in the 2000 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. Career Webber worked as a rope access technician on wind turbines. His first acting experience was on the 2009 film '' The Combination''. From 2009–2010, he portrayed Darius Pike on the TV series '' K-9''. He also had roles on '' All Saints'' and in the miniseries '' Devil's Dust''. In 2015, Webber played Ryan Kelly, a stalker, on Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''. Webber's role on the J. J. Abrams-produced '' 11.22.63'' was his first in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11/22/63
''11/22/63'' is a novel by American author Stephen King about a time traveler who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, which occurred on November 22, 1963 (the novel's titular date). It is the 60th book published by Stephen King, his 49th novel and the 42nd under his own name. The novel required considerable research to accurately portray the late 1950s and early 1960s. King commented on the amount of research it required, saying "I've never tried to write anything like this before. It was really strange at first, like breaking in a new pair of shoes." The novel was announced on King's official site on March 2, 2011.Kellogg, Carolyn"Stephen King follows Delillo, Stone into JFK myth" ''Los Angeles Times'', March 3, 2011 A short excerpt was released online on June 1, 2011, and another excerpt was published in the October 28, 2011, issue of ''Entertainment Weekly''. The novel was published on November 8, 2011, and quickly became a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Fry
Lucy Elizabeth Fry (born 14 March 1992) is an Australian actress. She is known for portraying Zoey in '' Lightning Point'', Lyla in '' Mako: Island of Secrets'', and Lissa Dragomir in the film ''Vampire Academy''. Fry was also cast in Hulu's eight part miniseries ''11.22.63'' as Marina Oswald, wife of Lee Harvey Oswald, and played the lead in the 2016 Australian horror television series '' Wolf Creek'' and Tikka in the 2017 Netflix film ''Bright''. Since 2019, she has portrayed Stella Gigante in the Epix series ''Godfather of Harlem''. Early life Fry was born in Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia in 1992. She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School in Brisbane, Queensland, and began studying theatre at an early age, training with the Brisbane-based physical theatre company, Zen Zen Zo. In 2007, she was a runner-up in Girlfriend Magazine's Model Search. Career She made an uncredited appearance in the season 3 finale of '' H2O: Just Add Water'', in 2010. Her first major role on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Carpenter
Bridget Carpenter (born in New York City) is a television writer and playwright. Biography She received an M.F.A. from Brown University in 1995.Rodriguez, Bill"Bridget Carpenter swings into Trinity" providencephoenix.com, May 11–18, 2000 Her plays have been produced at venues including Arena Stage, Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles Theatre Center, and La Mama ETC, New York. She lives in Los Angeles. She has written the book for a musical version of the book (and films) '' Freaky Friday''. The musical premiered in October 2016 at the Signature Theatre, followed by a run from January to March 2017 at the La Jolla Playhouse under the direction of Christopher Ashley. Awards She was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series at the February 2007 ceremony, for her work on the first season of ''Friday Night Lights''. She was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Dramatic Series the following year at the February 2008 ceremony, for her work on the second s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Franco
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'' (2008), ''Eat Pray Love'' (2010), ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), ''Spring Breakers'' (2012), and ''Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including ''Pineapple Express (film), Pineapple Express'' (2008), ''This Is the End'' (2013), ''Sausage Party'' (2016), and The Disaster Artist (film), ''The Disaster Artist'' (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's performance in ''127 Hours'' (2010) earned a Best Actor nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards. In his first prominent television role, Franco played Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama ''Freaks an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Gadon
Sarah Lynn Gadon (born April 4, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She began her acting career guest-starring in a number of television series, such as ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1999), '' Mutant X'' (2002), and '' Dark Oracle'' (2004). She also worked as a voice actress on various television productions. Gadon gained recognition for her roles in David Cronenberg's films '' A Dangerous Method'' (2011), '' Cosmopolis'' (2012), and '' Maps to the Stars'' (2014). She also starred in Denis Villeneuve's thriller ''Enemy'' (2013), the period drama '' Belle'' (2013), and the action horror film '' Dracula Untold'' (2014). In 2015, Gadon portrayed a young Elizabeth II in the comedy '' A Royal Night Out''. The next year, she starred in the period film '' Indignation'', and co-starred in the supernatural thriller '' The 9th Life of Louis Drax'', and as Sadie Dunhill in the Hulu miniseries '' 11.22.63'', an adaptation of Stephen King's novel '' 11/22/63''. In 2017, Gadon played the lead ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George MacKay (actor)
George Andrew J. MacKay (; born 13 March 1992) is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor in Peter Pan (2003 film), ''Peter Pan'' (2003). He had starring roles in the British war drama Private Peaceful (film), ''Private Peaceful'' (2012), the romantic film How I Live Now (film), ''How I Live Now'' (2013), For Those in Peril (2013 film), ''For Those in Peril'' (2013), for which he won a BAFTA Scotland, BAFTA Scotland Award, and Marrowbone (film), ''Marrowbone'' (2017). He gained wider recognition for his leading role in the war film 1917 (2019 film), ''1917'' (2019) and won a British Independent Film Award for his performance in Femme (film), ''Femme'' (2023). Early life and education MacKay was born in Hammersmith, London to Kim Baker, a British costume designer from London, and Paul MacKay, an Australian working in lighting and stage management. He grew up in Barnes, London, Barnes with his younger sister. He is of Irish descent on his mother's side, his maternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Duhamel
Joshua David Duhamel ( ; born November 14, 1972) is an American actor. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award and later starred as Danny McCoy on NBC's ''Las Vegas''. Duhamel has ventured into film, appearing as one of the main protagonists in four of the ''Transformers'' films, most recently in the fifth entry, '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' (2017). He has also appeared in '' When in Rome'' (2010), '' Life as We Know It'' (2010), ''New Year's Eve'' (2011), '' Safe Haven'' (2013), and '' You're Not You'' (2014). In 2015, Duhamel co-starred on the short-lived CBS crime drama '' Battle Creek''. He has also starred in several video games, most notably '' Call of Duty: WWII'' (2017). In 2018, he appeared in the coming of age film ''Love, Simon''. In 2021, Duhamel starred in the role of Sheldon Sampson in the Netflix superhero series '' Jupiter's Legacy''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Burk
Bryan Burk (born December 30, 1968) is an American film and television producer. He is mostly known for producing movies in collaboration with J. J. Abrams, including the ''Star Trek'' reboot series, the ''Mission: Impossible'' films '' Ghost Protocol'' and '' Rogue Nation'', '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'', and the TV series '' Alias'', '' Lost'', ''Fringe'', and ''Person of Interest''. His only work outside of producing was co-writing the ''Fringe'' episode " There's More Than One of Everything". Career Born to a Jewish family,Variety Magazine: "Abrams keeps it all in the fan family - J.J. and his collaborators conquer Hollywood" By Cynthia Littleton October 16, 2009 , ''"W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Cooper
Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. Having made his debut as a stage actor, he made his Breakthrough role, breakthrough on television as Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed Western television miniseries ''Lonesome Dove (miniseries), Lonesome Dove'' (1989). He has appeared in several major Hollywood films including ''A Time to Kill (1996 film), A Time to Kill'' (1996), ''October Sky'' (1999), ''American Beauty (1999 film), American Beauty'' (1999), ''The Bourne Identity (2002 film), The Bourne Identity'' (2002), ''Seabiscuit (film), Seabiscuit'' (2003), ''Capote (film), Capote'' (2005), ''Syriana'' (2005), ''The Kingdom (2007 film), The Kingdom'' (2007), ''Where the Wild Things Are (film), Where the Wild Things Are'' (2009), ''The Town (2010 film), The Town'' (2010), ''The Muppets (2011 film), The Muppets'' (2011), ''Live by Night (film), Live by Night'' (2016), ''Cars 3'' (2017), ''A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'' (2019), and ''Little Women ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulu
Hulu (, ) is an American Subscription business model, subscription streaming media service owned by Disney Streaming, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment segment of the Walt Disney Company. It was launched on October 29, 2007, initially as a joint venture between News Corporation (later 21st Century Fox) and NBCUniversal, NBC Universal, which was later Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast, bought by Comcast. Many companies like AT&T's WarnerMedia, Providence Equity, and the Walt Disney Company bought stakes in the service. Hulu served as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from the respective Television broadcaster, television broadcasting by its owners. In 2010, Hulu launched a subscription service, initially branded as "Hulu Plus," which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners, and un-delayed access to new episodes. In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV—an Over-the-top media service, over-the-top streaming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Robot
Bad Robot is an American film and television production company founded on May 27, 1999, and led by Katie McGrath and J. J. Abrams as Co-CEO. Under its Bad Robot Productions division, the company is responsible for the television series '' Alias'', '' Lost'', ''Fringe'', ''Person of Interest'', ''Revolution,'' and ''Westworld'' alongside the feature-length films ''Cloverfield'', ''Star Trek'', '' Super 8'', ''Star Trek Into Darkness'', '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'', '' Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'', ''Star Wars Episodes VII'' and '' IX'', '' 10 Cloverfield Lane'', ''Star Trek Beyond'', ''The Cloverfield Paradox'', '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout,'' and ''Overlord''. History Bad Robot was originally based at Touchstone Television, but was moved by J. J. Abrams to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Television, after his contract with ABC expired in 2006. Bad Robot produced '' Lost'' in association with ABC Studios, formerly Touchstone Television. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
