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Aloysius J. Gleek:


Meanwhile, I have to meet some
friends this evening--what on earth
am I going to wear??

oilgun:
I sense a trip to NYC coming up....


Franco Looks Likely to Join Kidman in ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’ on Broadway
[...]
Mr. Franco has recently made public comments that he is set for the play, though Mr. Cromer noted that negotiations were still under way and that no contracts had been signed. Still, Mr. Cromer said he felt optimistic that the production would come together with Mr. Franco starring opposite Nicole Kidman as the faded movie star Alexandra Del Lago.
[...]
“Very rarely do you find an actor who can really take on the varied complications of this character, which is one of those virtually uncastable Williams parts,” Mr. Cromer said. “Chance has to be a moron and a poet, and he also has to be fantastically great looking. It’s one of my favorite plays, but it’s such a mountain, and James and I were in total agreement that the production had to be about the play rather than making it about us. If all of this is about movie stars doing a play, then we should be doing an easier play.”

 :laugh: :laugh:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/franco-looks-likely-to-join-kidman-in-sweet-bird-of-youth-on-broadway/

oilgun:
This would be amazing.  I'm off to the book store...


James Franco Bucks Hard To Land BLOOD MERIDIAN

James Franco has indeed proven himself to be a fine character actor, rather than just another pretty Hollywood face. The dude aims high, and I like that a lot. Franco is putting together an adaption of Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, which he hopes to follow up with a screen adaption of Cormac McCarthy's classic and uber-brutal novel of the Old West, Blood Meridian. Apparently Mr. Franco recently filmed a pitch scene, with actors Mark Pelligrino, Scott Glenn, Luke Perry, and Dave Franco (yep, James' brother) in an attempt to let rights holder Scott Rudin know just exactly how serious he is about bringing the tale to the screen.

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/01/james-franco-bucks-hard-to-land-blood-meridian.php

serious crayons:
This is from the site Gil just linked. Busy guy!

Film News
James Franco In Talks For OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
by Todd Brown, February 4, 2011 7:09 PM

How much has James Franco's stock risen in Hollywood over the past couple years? Enough that he is currently in talks to take the lead in Sam Raimi's big budget Oz, The Great And Powerful. Yeah, that'd be the Disney backed Oz prequel that initially had Robert Downey Jr in the lead, with the role offered to Johnny Depp when Downey dropped out. With Depp saying no last night the next option - according to The Hollywood Reporter - is James Franco.

While it no doubt helps that Franco has a working history with director Sam Raimi the idea that he would even be considered as the lead for a big budget tentpole film like this and be on casting lists with the likes of Downey and Depp represents a HUGE step up for Franco. This is a major studio saying they believe the versatile lead of Pineapple Express and 127 Hours has what it takes to play with the biggest of the big. And I've got to say that while I find it an odd choice I also think it's a pretty compelling one.

Aloysius J. Gleek:

http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/james-franco-takes-twitter-by-storm/






James Franco Takes Twitter by Storm
By MELENA RYZIK
February 21, 2011, 12:23 pm

Here’s your Presidents’ Day gift: James Franco’s been on Twitter just a couple days, and he’s already name-dropped about a famous artist (Richard Prince), starred in a video, created a highbrow comic and posted some meme-worthy kitten art.

Mr. Franco finally joined the Twitter service after both his mother and grandmother signed up, posting a video of himself (embedded above) for authenticity’s sake. Of course, that’s not all he’s been doing. Backstage reports from the rehearsals for the Oscars, where he is a host and a nominee, say that he reads whenever he gets the chance. And as we head into Oscars week, Mr. Franco is an in-demand party guest, appearing on the R.S.V.P. lists for several soirées. (His co-host, Anne Hathaway, has not turned up nearly as frequently). He’s also, by the way, opening a show at the Gagosian Gallery, with the director Gus Van Sant. The gallery has few details about the exhibit, except that it’s called, perhaps appropriately, “Unfinished.”

In other multitasking news, “The Simpsons” took on awards season on Sunday, when Bart made an animated short that started earning industry laurels. As Splitsider reports , the real treat was seeing his competition: parodies of “Wallace & Gromit,” “The Triplets of Belleville,” “Persepolis” and of course, “Condiments,” from those geniuses at “Mixar.”


Also posted in Culture Tent's Anne Hathaway, James Franco to host Oscars:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,48336.msg604718/topicseen.html#msg604718

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