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James Franco joins Wizard of Oz Prequel

Posted by Rodneyon 25. 02. 2011in News Chat

James Frano has worked with Sam Raimi before and will now reuinite with the Spider-Man director to play the man who would be Oz in the prequel replacing Robert Downey Jr who is no longer attached to the project.

Moviefone reports:

The Oscar-nominated actor, who will also serve as co-host of the 83rd telecast (Sunday, Feb. 27, 8:30PM on ABC), has reportedly closed a deal to star in the highly-anticipated ‘Wizard of Oz’ prequel ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful,’ based on the novel by L. Frank Baum.

Franco is on a hot streak lately with his impressive performance in 127 Hours, and lining up a goofball comedy with Your Highness and a Planet of the Apes Prequel, and now an Oz Prequel.

Busy guy.

I really enjoy Franco, so I look forward to seeing what they do with this.

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James Franco Now Rumored for Akira, Too

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Rumor: James Franco in Akira?

Now this is an interesting rumor. The guys over at Just Jared are reporting that James Franco has yet another movie being offered to him and this one happens to be the well regarded Akira adaptation.
James Franco is in talks to star as the lead role Kaneda in the live action feature-film Akira, JustJared.com has exclusively confirmed.

The flick will be based off of anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo’s six-volume cyberpunk manga (Japanese word for comics). The film is set in New Manhattan, where the leader of a biker gang saves his friend from a medical experiment.

Warner Bros. has tapped director Albert Hughes (The Book of Eli) to helm the project, along with Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company Appian Way.

James Franco’s name is being thrown around with every movie being produced this year so why not include it in something that’s been gestating in production since the 90′s? If including his name helps make this movie a reality then I’m all for it… but I don’t think I’d realistically want to see him starring as Kaneda. They could, and probably should, get an actual Asian person in the role instead as to not upset fans of the 80′s anime.

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