Premiering at Cannes this month is James Franco’s next serious indie As I Lay Dying. There is no major release set just yet, but the trailer has landed online for the 1930s period drama about a mother’s death and her family’s quest to bury her in a nearby town. Continue Reading
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Franco has too many projects for me to really care about mentioning them all. IMDB has eight in post-production or completed and one currently filming, but if I had to point one out, it would be his next pic which is called This Is the End–a Pineapple Express reunion with Seth Rogen. Third Person with Mila Kunis, Liam Neeson, and Olivia Wilde might also be worth the quick mention. [Deadline]
Kate Hudson is coming off a recurring role as Cassandra July on Fox’s Glee while Omar Sy (who has next to no name recognition) hails from the well-received foreign hit The Intouchables. His North American coming out party looks to be his role in X-Men: Days of Future Past which will not arrive in theaters until next July. Continue Reading
Alas, tracking came online for the Sam Raimi-directed Oz the Great and Powerful in a big way. Disney believes their $200 million fantasy flick could debut north of $80 million in its first three days of release which would be nearly triple what John Carter did for them last year in the same time period. The comparisons are definitely closer to Alice in Wonderland though as many believe this female-skewing feature has a chance to exceed $100 million. Continue Reading
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James Franco seems geared for yet another new project coming down the pipe. The actor is currently looking at doing Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert should scheduling work out. He is being woo’d to play a role that once belonged to Jude Law in this story about Gertrude Bell. Naomi Watts and Robert Pattinson are currently attached to the project which is set around the dawn of the 20th century.
Reports are surfacing of a James Franco follow-up project to Spring Breakers. The Oz the Great and Powerful star has been cast alongside Kate Hudson and Omar Sy in the English-language directorial debut of Henrik Genz. The project is not exactly an unknown though despite its low-key nature as it is based on a Marcus Sakey book called Good People. Millennium Films is producing the “tense” thriller with Tobey Maguire among the many behind-the-scenes players on the project.
Last week, viewers got their
Hey, remember that sleazy James Franco movie, Spring Breakers? Well, apparently it is a whole lot better than we thought as reviews already have it as one of the better movies from the month of March (which is not saying much,) even better than Oz the Great and Powerful. A new clip landed online earlier today so potential theater-goers can see what the flow is like, and it definitely does not feel too low-budget as some of you might have feared. The footage features a scene from the film’s trailer that has Franco first meeting the title characters upon bailing the foursome out of jail. 
The same day it became known that Disney wants a sequel to Oz the Great and Powerful, the star of the whole show took to Conan to promote today’s big premiere of the Sam Raimi-directed fantasy effort. Franco has already done a lot of press for this one, including an 
This time last week, we were all anticipating the release of Jack the Giant Slayer which many perceived to be on a collision course with certain death. Its studio backers (that’s WB) believed that the pic could post a $35 mil opening weekend in the States alone–a good start, but still disappointing number considering the film’s budget. Ultimately, the pic found only $28 mil, down 20% from those estimates. Needless to say, soft theater attendance is definitely not a good way to lead into the Mouse House’s first big budget tentpole release of 2013.
There have been plenty of clips already for Oz the Great and Powerful, but this one could easily be my favorite. It features the China Girl (voiced by Joey King) guilt tripping James Franco into allowing her on his journey down the yellow brick road. Like I said before, this pic’s PG so look really closely at the dialogue moments in the marketing materials to decide if you think this film is any good. While there is tons of action in the Sam Raimi pic, that will only make up a fraction of the movie. 
We are now about a week away from release of what aims to be the first juggernaut picture of the year: Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful. A new promo just hit the web, billed as another trailer, that shows a bit of additional footage. Be sure to check it out if you are at all interested. Go for the special effects, but be on notice that this is PG rated fare that lacks the expected adult themes. Odds are it will not matter too much as tracking has the pic debuting north of $65 million next weekend. 
James Franco in cornrows. Need we say more. Check out the full-length red-band trailer just released for the actor’s second March feature landing in theaters two weeks after Oz the Great and Powerful takes the nation by storm. This film entitled Spring Breakers has the star playing a pimp-like drugs and arms dealer opposite the title characters played by Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine. Ridiculous and trashy, we know, but for whatever reason it is pretty hard to look away. 
More Oz the Great and Powerful hype took place last night as the title actor James Franco showed up on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. This follows an appearance