'The Sound And The Fury' Trailer: James Franco Does William Faulkner, Again
Watch the first The Sound and the Fury trailer. James Franco directs and stars in an adaptation of William Faulkner's classic American novel.
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'As I Lay Dying' Trailer: James Franco Adapts A Masterwork Of American Literature
I'll say this for James Franco's new outing as a director, and his highest-profile directorial gig to date: it takes some balls to tackle William Faulkner. The source material here is Faulkner's seventh novel As I Lay Dying, which charts a family's attempt to transport the body of its late matriarch to her preferred burial…
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James Franco Lines Up Danny McBride, Tim Blake Nelson, Ahna O'Reilly And More For Directorial Debut 'As I Lay Dying'
With his Cormac McCarthy adaptation Child of God in post-production, multi-hyphenate James Franco is prepping another literary classic for his next feature. Two winters ago, he was trying to get the William Faulkner estate on board for a movie version of As I Lay Dying. It seems he was successful, as the film's now begun…
Read More'jOBS' Set Photos Show Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Ahna O'Reilly, Lukas Haas, And A Young Bill Gates Lookalike
The very first pictures from Joshua Michael Stern's indie Steve Jobs biopic jOBS confirmed what we already more or less knew: that Ashton Kutcher can look a lot like the late tech guru in the right outfit. Now a more recent batch of set photos offers glimpses of some of the rest of the cast as…
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Biopic Casting Bits: Dan Aykroyd Joins Steven Soderbergh's Liberace Movie For HBO, Matthew Modine Boards Steve Jobs Film
With shooting already underway, Joshua Michael Stern's Steve Jobs biopic is filling in some key supporting roles. (For clarification, this is a distinct project from the Aaron Sorkin-penned Jobs movie set up at Sony, which has yet to begin casting.) The latest addition to the cast is Matthew Modine, who's slated to play former Apple…
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Ahna O'Reilly To Star Opposite Ashton Kutcher In 'jOBS'
Ahna O'Reilly, one of the stars in last year's surprise hit The Help, has won the choice role of Steve Jobs' girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan in jOBS. The film, directed by Joshua Michael Stern, will star Ashton Kutcher in the lead role and "shed new light on Steve Jobs’ most defining and personal moments, motivations, and…
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Casting Bits: T.I. May Join Tom Cruise In 'We Mortals Are;' Christopher Meloni In 'Small Time;' Jason Ritter, Gillian Jacobs And More In 'Teddy Bears'
Rapper T.I. has done a few movies (Takers, American Gangster, ATL) but has had his cinematic aspirations derailed by little things like county jail and federal prison stints. But he's back at work, and in an interview conducted at SXSW, T.I. said that he's got a couple of film projects on the horizon. Specifically, the…
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