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James Franco Creates Two Poetry Features
17 May 2012 4:55 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
James Franco is planning two separate features based on collections of poetry which students in the actor's filmmaking class are adapting reports Variety.
Each student directed a short film based on an individual poem, entries have then been woven into cohesive, feature-length narratives.
Franco, Mila Kunis and Jessica Chastain play roles in "Tar" which is based on the 1983 book of poems by Pulitzer Prize winner C.K. Williams. This project is wrapped and could premiere later this year.
Franco, Olivia Wilde, Chloe Sevigny and Whoopi Goldberg star in the second film "Black Dog, Red Dog" based on the 1984 book of poems by Stephen Dobyns. That film is still being edited. »
- Garth Franklin
James Franco Lines Up Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain and More for Nyu Grad Student Films
15 May 2012 2:00 PM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Poet at heart James Franco has explored the works of writerly talents like Allen Ginsberg in Howl and Anthony Hecht in The Feast of Stephen, to name a few. The actor — who also happens to be a New York University professor — also teaches a class about poetry and film. Now, Franco will be overseeing a poetry-inspired project for Nyu grad students that will result in two anthology features, according to Indiewire. Award-winning American poet C.K. Williams' 1983 book Tar — set around the poet's experience with the Three Mile Island nuclear-reactor accident — and Stephen Dobyns' National Poetry Series award winner Black Dog, Red Dog will be the focus of the works. This wasn't an opportunity open to all students. Instead, they had to win a...
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- Alison Nastasi
James Franco Enlists Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Jessica Chastain, and More for Poetry Adaptations
15 May 2012 7:57 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
By now, we’re all aware that James Franco is a fairly multifaceted fella. He dips his toe in comedy, drama, short films, experimental films, and higher education. For his latest project, he’s assembled an impressive cast for two feature films based on a couple of books of poems. Variety reports that Franco stars alongside Mila Kunis and Jessica Chastain in an adaptation of the 1983 book of poems Tar by C.K Williams, and he also enlisted Olivia Wilde, Chloe Sevigny and Whoopi Goldberg for an adaptation of Black Dog, Red Dog by Stephen Dobyns. For Tar, Franco and executive producer Victorino Noval selected 10 directors via a competition at Nyu’s Tisch School of the Arts to helm segments of the film. He also used a similar formula for Black Dog, Red Dog. Tar is completed and could premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, while Black Dog is still in the editing phase. »
- Adam Chitwood
Jessica Chastain, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde & More To Feature In James Franco-Led Anthology Films Based On Poets C.K. Williams & Stephen Dobyns
15 May 2012 6:23 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Already the out-and-out definition of a entertainment multi-hyphenate, poetry is something that also evidently flows in James Franco's blood, and is a world he loves to delve into for his film projects. Franco has made several shorts based on poems, including works by Anthony Hecht ("The Feast Of Stephen"), Spencer Reece ("The Clerk's Tale") and Frank Bidart ("Herbert White") before playing Hart Crane in "The Broken Tower" and Allen Ginsberg in "Howl." And it doesn't end there either.
Franco has now shepherded a project for Nyu graduate students that'll result in two poetry-centric anthology features: "Tar" based on C.K. William's book of poems of the same name, and "Black Dog, Red Dog," based on a book of poems by Stephen Dobyns. Students -- who had to win a competition for the opportunity -- separately helmed shorts based on individual poems with their entries combined into a cohesive feature-length narrative. »
- Simon Dang
James Franco: Gimme Some Shelter
10 May 2012 12:45 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
I spent the weekend in New York City. After taking a 6 a.m. flight from New Orleans, I landed at Laguardia and went straight to Queens, where my Nyu students were shooting the last segment of their collaborative film based on the poet Stephen Dobyns' 1984 collection,Black Dog, Red Dog. The segment was based on a poem called "The Gun," about two unsupervised boys who read comic books and smoke cigarettes, until one holds the other at gunpoint and tells him to take his pants off. The room next to the set was occupied by one of the household's daughters, and it was filled with neatly hung posters of a boy band I'd never heard of, called something like Really Big Rush. While the students were setting up a new shot, I took a book from the daughter's shelf. There were two to choose from, and you'd think I »
- James Franco
'Prometheus' Star Logan Marshall Green Will Be a 'Lonely Hunter'
9 May 2012 12:31 PM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Logan Marshall Green's making all the right moves to nudge his way into the spotlight.
The "Across the Universe" and "Devil" alum will be getting a real shot at the big-time this summer when Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" finally drops in June, and he's already lining up for what comes next after a sure-to-be-successful blockbuster debut.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Green has signed onto to star in Deborah Kampmeier's "Lonely Hunter" as the iconic American playwright Tennessee Williams.
He will star opposite Jena Malone, who will play the central Carson McCullers, the celebrated writer whose life and works are explored in the story.
Kampmeier - who serves as writer, producer and director on the project - said in the announcement of Green's casting, "Logan is amazing for Tennessee Williams. People think of him as a leading man but I think he’s also a character actor in a leading man's body. »
- Amanda Bell
Chloe Sevigny Filmed James Franco's Student Project For Free
1 May 2012 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress Chloe Sevigny agreed to star in James Franco's new movie Black Dog, Red Dog for free, as a favour to the student filmmaker.
The 127 Hours star turned to his celebrity pals and asked them to appear in the project, based on poet Stephen Dobyns' memoir - and he managed to convince Sevigny, Olivia Wilde and Whoopi Goldberg to waive their usual salaries to help him make the low-budget drama, which is made up of a series of short films directed by Franco and a group of his wannabe filmmakers at New York University.
And Big Love star Sevigny admits she enjoyed offering up her on-screen talents because it kept her occupied while in between jobs.
She jokes to New York Magazine, "I'm out of work right now. I thought it would be good to help some young filmmakers and busy myself so I don't go crazy and obsess over buying a cat."
Black Dog, Red Dog is expected to be released later this year. »
Olivia Wilde, Chloe Sevigny, Logan Marshall Green And More Join James Franco In Black Dog, Red Dog
18 April 2012 3:30 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Olivia Wilde, Chloe Sevigny, Logan Marshall Green And More Join James Franco In Black Dog, Red Dog
James Franco is once again reeling in the big guns for a film that he's working on with his Nyu class. Thanks to recent casting calls, we now know that Olivia Wilde, Chloe Sevigny, Logan Marshall-Green, Whoopi Goldberg and Vince Jolivette will be joining Franco in his next film, Black Dog, Red Dog. Furthermore, The Mercury Report is reporting Tim Blake Nelson, who stared in Franco's Child Of God, will also be part of the film.
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- Blake Dew
Stars Choose Sad Songs For Blue Mood Month
12 January 2012 5:45 AM, PST | Look to the Stars | See recent Look to the Stars news »
British mental health charity Sane has teamed up with Feeling Gloomy & Spotify to harness the power of music to lift everyone’s spirits and encourage people to connect more with friends and family.
Blue Mood Month launches January 16th and will run throughout 2012 as part of Sane’s 25th Anniversary Black Dog Campaign.
January can be a difficult time for many people. Cold, post Christmas bills, no holidays in sight and, with the economy as it is, worries for the year stretching ahead. It is no coincidence that the month contains ‘Blue Monday’, the third Monday of January, reckoned to be the gloomiest day of the year! The combined effect of all these pressures and stresses can have a damaging effect on mental health and wellbeing.
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