'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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First Look: James Franco And Seth Rogen Reunite For 'The Sound And The Fury'
Get a peek at James Franco in The Sound and the Fury, along with Seth Rogen and Danny McBride. Franco directed the adaptation of the William Faulkner novel.
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James Franco To Direct 'The Sound And The Fury', Wants Jon Hamm And Dave Franco To Star
James Franco certainly couldn't be faulted for lacking in ambition. His most recent directorial effort was an adaptation of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, a revered American classic with an experimental structure that doesn't easily lend itself to cinematic translation. Now, for his next move, he plans to double down on the Faulkner by…
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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…
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'Deadwood' Creator David Milch To Develop HBO Projects Based On William Faulkner Works
Did you think the dialogue in Deadwood was too dense, perhaps even impenetrable? Then close this browser and run away, fast. For everyone else, especially those who loved the conversations that were the heart of Deadwood, get ready: series creator David Milch is turning his eye to the works of William Faulkner. Granted, Faulkner's dialogue,…
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How Jacob From 'Lost' And Luke Perry Helped James Franco Pitch 'Blood Meridian'
Yesterday a lot of people were surprised when word came out that James Franco is actively pursuing two very lofty directorial ambitions -- he wants to write and direct film versions of William Faulkner's landmark novel As I Lay Dying, and Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. There was some initial skepticism about half of that report,…
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James Franco In Talks To Direct Adaptations Of Faulkner's 'As I Lay Dying' And McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian'?
You can't say that James Franco isn't ambitious. He has recently optioned a set of memoirs as possible writing and directing projects, and seems to be taking acting gigs at a rapid pace, all while studying at Yale. Now there's a report saying we can add two other possible directorial projects to the pile, and…
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