HBO has renewed The Deuce for a third and final season. The early renewal follows the season two premiere, which just aired last week. Reportedly, creators George Pelecanos and David Simon had always intended The Deuce as a three season series, and the renewal was issued after the episode-count was worked out. An HBO 1970s […]
HBO has revealed Season 2 of praised porn industry drama series The Deuce will premiere September 9 at 9 PM on the premium cable network. James Franco stars as twin characters Vincent Martino and Frankie Martino in the series, created by George Pelecanos and David Simon, which chronicles the birth of the modern pornography business […]
“11.22.63,” the event series thriller from executive producers J.J. Abrams, Stephen King and Bridget Carpenter, will premiere in select European territories this spring exclusively on Fox, it was announced Monday by Fox Networks Group Europe. The deal with Warner Bros. Intl. Television Distribution secures exclusive first-run linear and non-linear rights for Fox pay TV channels […]
Zachary Quinto and Emma Roberts will be joining James Franco in the drama “Michael,” about an anti-gay pastor who was once gay himself, Variety reports. Quinto will play the former boyfriend of Franco’s character. Roberts is set to reteam with her “Palo Alto” co-star as his girlfriend. Chris Zylka (“The Leftovers”) is also attached to […]
James Franco is busy with one of his many on-the-go projects, and one that’s in the can is his adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s “Child Of God.” And after doing some festival business last year, it’s finally ready to be seen and a new trailer is here. Scott Haze is tasked with taking on the tricky […]
Actor James Franco has inked a deal with Ovation for “James Franco Presents,” a ten episode series, running one hour each, that will “pull back the curtain on the many side projects he is perpetually involved with, from his latest art exhibit to his work in collegiate classrooms.” The unscripted show, that Franco will also […]
Comedy Central today announced that James Franco will be the next Roastee and that the “Roast” will air on Labor Day. The channel also says they have acquired the Franco-directed documentary “Francophrenia.” Here’s the full press release: COMEDY CENTRAL is rolling out the red carpet for the multi-hyphenated and extremely talented James Franco. The network […]
Twentieth Century Fox Film is moving forward with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes for a May 23, 2014 release, but Rise of the Planet of the Apes star James Franco tells MTV that he hasn’t heard anything lately from the production. “I was going to be a small part of the next one,” […]
James Franco has joined the cast of Millennium Films’ Homefront, Variety reports. He’ll star opposite the previously-attached Jason Statham in the Gary Fleder action thriller, drafted by Sylvester Stallone and officially described as follows: A DEA Agent (Statham) retires to a seemingly quiet place with an underbelly of drugs and violence. When his family is […]
Walt Disney Pictures has released the poster for director Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great and Powerful, the fantasy adventure opening on March 8, 2013 and starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams and Zach Braff. The film imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character, the Wizard of Oz. When Oscar Diggs […]