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James Franco to Star in Shadows

June 9, 2009

Variety says that James Franco ("Spider-Man" films) is set to star in In Praise of Shadows, an indie drama written and directed by Jay Anania.

Anania is head of the directing program at the graduate film school at NYU, where Franco just completed his first year, while simultaneously completing his master's degree in English at Columbia University.

The drama tells the story of William Vincent (Franco), and recounts his eccentric and curious journey that brought him back to New York City after four years in exile to rescue the woman he loves from a crime syndicate.

The film will start production June 15 in New York City.

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COMMENTS (9)

Posted by:

whao

June 9, 2009

(I'm not going say it)

I'll pass on this movie

Posted by:

Bruce Lee

June 9, 2009

maybe thats how he earned his course credits... by buttering up the teachers and making promises to appear in their films... I might be interested depending on the level of 'curious and eccentric' in his journey.

Posted by:

Mary

June 9, 2009

Anania has made movies with Martin Lawrence, Olympia Dukakis, Julian Sand. I doubt any of them were in his film classes. I look forward to the mix of Anania's cerebral density and Franco's muscular interpretation.

Posted by:

Simon

June 9, 2009

What we need is more buff men in movies.....

Posted by:

Irwin A.

June 9, 2009

Not a remake, sequel, or "reimagining"? Wow, not very original. Who do these indie film people think that they are? Who needs human drama when we have CGI? The humanity!

Posted by:

leofish

June 9, 2009

saw the title and thought it might be related to Tanizaki's essay... so much for that =/

Posted by:

ryans

June 9, 2009

You cracked me up Irwin!

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just sayin

June 9, 2009

tell me something. why the hell would someone that is a big actor making lots of money need a degree in english? is he quitting movies to teach english? doubt it.

Posted by:

Sir Mad

June 10, 2009

hmmm now just sayin

there is definitely such a thing as self-improvement. a person can want to get better at something without having to earn money from it. i dunno if he wants to teach, but if he wants to learn i say good.