Getting a handle on James Franco's career path is an impossible thing. He's got so many projects, both in front of and behind the camera, that to start listing them would take me well into the afternoon. The guy just kinda beats to the rhythm of his own drum, which is cool because we get to see him in big time blockbusters like his upcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes or Oz the Great and Powerful, but then he'll do indie stuff like Howl
. One of the films he's been attached to is a Linda Lovelace biopic in which he'd play her awful husband, Chuck Traynor. But before that ever gets off the ground, Franco will be in another drama set squarely in the world of adult entertainment, as Variety reports he'll be starring in Cherry, from director and co-writer Stephen Elliott.
. One of the films he's been attached to is a Linda Lovelace biopic in which he'd play her awful husband, Chuck Traynor. But before that ever gets off the ground, Franco will be in another drama set squarely in the world of adult entertainment, as Variety reports he'll be starring in Cherry, from director and co-writer Stephen Elliott. Heather Graham(The Guru
), Dev Patel(The Last Airbender
), and indie goddess Lili Taylor(Six Feet Under
) are all in talks to star as well. The film would follow an 18 year old girl who moves to San Francisco and gets swept up in the porn industry. Franco would play the cocain addicted lawyer who becomes involved with her in some way. Graham, who pretty much gets banged in every movie she's in anyway and got her big break in 1999 as part of Boogie Nights 
playing a porn star, will be a former actress turned director. Taylor will be the girl's mom, while Patel will be her best friend who's also in love with her.
), Dev Patel(The Last Airbender), and indie goddess Lili Taylor(Six Feet Under) are all in talks to star as well. The film would follow an 18 year old girl who moves to San Francisco and gets swept up in the porn industry. Franco would play the cocain addicted lawyer who becomes involved with her in some way. Graham, who pretty much gets banged in every movie she's in anyway and got her big break in 1999 as part of Boogie Nights playing a porn star, will be a former actress turned director. Taylor will be the girl's mom, while Patel will be her best friend who's also in love with her. The script comes from Elliott, a novelist who's 2009 book The Adderall Diaries 
was recently optioned by Franco, porn star turned writer Lorelei Lee. I'm....not familiar with her work. Honestly. So maybe she's writing from experience. Here's hoping she's got something new to say because on the surface this looks like a poor man's attempt at Boogie Nights.
was recently optioned by Franco, porn star turned writer Lorelei Lee. I'm....not familiar with her work. Honestly. So maybe she's writing from experience. Here's hoping she's got something new to say because on the surface this looks like a poor man's attempt at Boogie Nights. Shooting is set to begin next month in San Fran, so this one is clearly being fast tracked.
