James Franco producing adaptation of Rant, from the author of Fight Club

Posted 12 years ago

James Franco continues to defy expectations with his behind-the-scenes cinematic career. His latest venture: an adaptation of Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk’s RANT, which the actor-director-writer-teacher-artist-poet just acquired. Here’s the synopsis of Palahniuk’s book, which sounds predictably bizarre: Buster “Rant” Casey...

James Franco will adapt Chuck Palahniuk’s serial killer novel Rant

Posted 12 years ago

As a big fan of author Chuck Palahniuk, I am excited to learn that another one of his novels will be adapted for the big screen. As a not so big fan of James Franco‘s directorial career, I am disappointed...

Sony Pictures may censor Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg’s The Interview

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There’s been some controversy about THE INTERVIEW due to it’s subject matter of assassinating North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Things only heated up when on June 25, the Korean Central News Agency condemned the movie, promising a “merciless retaliation” upon...

First images from The Sound and the Fury starring Franco, McBride & Rogen

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James Franco’s adaptation of the William Faulkner novel THE SOUND AND THE FURY will be screening out-of-competition at the Venice Film Festival in September and the first few images have arrived. It’s strange to think that with a cast of...

Lizzy Caplan joins Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Christmas comedy

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Director Jonathan Levin (50/50, WARM BODIES) is bringing Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt back together for his currently UNTITLED CHRISTMAS EVE picture. Joining the two will be the Falcon himself, Anthony Mackie. The story centers around a group of friends...

The Seth Rogen & James Franco comedy The Interview will arrive on Christmas

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THE INTERVIEW marks the second written/directed film by the duo of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Their first, THIS IS THE END, proved to be a profitable venture for the two as it grossed over $100 million domestically on a...

Ink & Pixel: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

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Steve Ink & Pixel is a source of pride and joy for me as a writer and as such, I’m always striving to take this column further for those who read and enjoy it. In an effort to widen the...

Review: Child of God

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PLOT: After losing his land to the bank, already-unhinged Lester Ballard retreats to the woods and hills of 1960’s Tennessee where he proceeds to shed his last vestiges of civilized behavior and sanity. REVIEW: I’ll give a measure of credit...

Tommy Lee Jones joins Gary Oldman & Kevin Costner in thriller Criminal

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Ariel Vromen's THE ICEMAN is a solid film with an excellent performance by Michael Shannon, and the director will be working with some other fantastic actors for his next movie, CRIMINAL. Gary Oldman and Kevin Costner were previously cast in...

The Good, the Bad & the Badass: Gary Oldman

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Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of Aussie actor Eric Bana, who first made a splash playing one of the screen's great psychopaths in CHOPPER. This week's guy knows a thing or two about that…. Gary...

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