One of the more interesting LGBT films of the year is King Cobra, the James Franco produced take on an infamous real-life murder that took place in the gay porn industry. It’s been playing festivals since April, including upcoming screenings at October’s BFI London Film Festival. Now a trailer for the movie has arrived.
The film is about how porn actors Harlow Raymond Cuadra and Joseph Manuel Kerekes (Keegan Allen and James Franco) savagely killed porn producer and head of Cobra Video, Bryan Kocis (Christian Slater). They thought by doing so they’d be able to make it big behind-the-scenes of the porn world, and lure adult star Brent Corrigan (Garrett Clayton) to work for them in order to make a massively successful movie.
Corrigan, who now generally goes by his real name, Sean Paul Lockhart, has been adamant about the fact he didn’t want to be involved in the movie, instead writing his own book at will include his take on the events. King Cobra will be released online and in select cinemas in the US on October 21st. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]
While James Franco hasn’t had any big successes as a director, you certainly can’t blame him for aiming high. He’s previously adapted the likes of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy for the big screen, and now he’s taking on John Steinbeck with In Dubious Battle.
Synopsis: ‘Over the holidays, Ned (Bryan Cranston), an overprotective but loving dad and his family visit his daughter at Stanford, where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meaning but socially awkward Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend, Laird (James Franco). The straight-laced Ned thinks Laird, who has absolutely no filter, is a wildly inappropriate match for his daughter. The one-sided rivalry – and Ned’s panic level – escalate when he finds himself increasingly out of step in the glamorous high-tech hub, and learns that Laird is about to pop the question.’
Sausage Party has been described as Toy Story for grown-up – a CGI animated comedy about food that comes to life when no one is looking. However while toys have to worry about their owner leaving them behind as they grow up, food has to worry about being eaten.
Last October it was revealed that James Franco was continuing his fascination with everything gay by producing and starring in King Cobra, based on a real-life case of murder in the gay porn business. Director Justin Kelly has worked quickly, as the film is due to premiere shortly at the Tribeca Film Festival.
James Franco seems to love two things, everything gay and William Faulkner. He’s back into the world of the latter with The Sound And The Fury, his second film directing a movie based on one of Faulkner’s books after As I Lay Dying.