The ever-busy James Franco has taken on a darker role in his latest film, “The Institute.” Co-directed by Franco and Pamela Romanowsky, the movie is a period psychological thriller set in 19th century Baltimore. Now, ahead of its March release, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the first trailer.
“The Institute” centers on Isabel Porter, a young woman (Allie Gallerani) who, after the untimely death of her parents, checks herself into the mental hospital Rosewood Institute. While there, she encounters Dr. Cairnes (Franco) who subjects her to unconventional bizarre, pseudo-scientific experiments in brainwashing and mind control.
“I can give you the freedom you desire,” he says in the clip, “but you will need to trust my methods — unorthodox though they may seem.”
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“The Institute” also co-stars Josh Duhamel, Pamela Anderson, Topher Grace, Joe Pease, Scott Haze,...
“The Institute” centers on Isabel Porter, a young woman (Allie Gallerani) who, after the untimely death of her parents, checks herself into the mental hospital Rosewood Institute. While there, she encounters Dr. Cairnes (Franco) who subjects her to unconventional bizarre, pseudo-scientific experiments in brainwashing and mind control.
“I can give you the freedom you desire,” he says in the clip, “but you will need to trust my methods — unorthodox though they may seem.”
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“The Institute” also co-stars Josh Duhamel, Pamela Anderson, Topher Grace, Joe Pease, Scott Haze,...
- 2/7/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
James Franco is adding a new project under his directing tab. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker will be helming “The Pretenders,” a film set in New York in the ‘80s.
The movie will star Jane Levy, Jack Kilmer and Shameik Moore, and follow two college friends who fall in love with the same girl. The love triangle creates a decade spanning, unique relationship between the threesome. “Horns” actress Juno Temple and Brian Cox (“Morgan”) will also co-star.
The script, written by “The Fault in Our Stars” director Josh Boone, has been circulating since 2013, with various actors previously attached.
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The project is a co-production between Rabbit Bandini Productions, Sss Entertainment and Yale Productions. Producers for the film include Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis at Rabbit Bandini, Shaun Sanghani at Sss Entertainment, Jordan Yale Levine and Scott Levenson from Yale Productions,...
The movie will star Jane Levy, Jack Kilmer and Shameik Moore, and follow two college friends who fall in love with the same girl. The love triangle creates a decade spanning, unique relationship between the threesome. “Horns” actress Juno Temple and Brian Cox (“Morgan”) will also co-star.
The script, written by “The Fault in Our Stars” director Josh Boone, has been circulating since 2013, with various actors previously attached.
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The project is a co-production between Rabbit Bandini Productions, Sss Entertainment and Yale Productions. Producers for the film include Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis at Rabbit Bandini, Shaun Sanghani at Sss Entertainment, Jordan Yale Levine and Scott Levenson from Yale Productions,...
- 11/17/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Some sales art has appeared for James Franco's upcoming apocalypse thriller, the oddly titled, Future World. Directed by Franco and written by Bruce Thierry Cheung, Jay Davis and Adam Rager, the film has already wrapped photography and is in post-production.
Besides the sales art, we also have an update on the film's eclectic cast which we've learned includes rappers Method Man and Snoop Dogg along with Milla Jovovich, Lucy Liu, Suki Waterhouse and Jeffrey Wahlberg.
Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic world, where water and gasoline have long since dried-up, a Prince from the Oasis (one of the last known safe-havens) must venture out to find medicine for the ailing Queen, but along the way he gets mixed up with The Warlord and his robot Ash, which leads to a daring journe [Continued ...]...
Besides the sales art, we also have an update on the film's eclectic cast which we've learned includes rappers Method Man and Snoop Dogg along with Milla Jovovich, Lucy Liu, Suki Waterhouse and Jeffrey Wahlberg.
Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic world, where water and gasoline have long since dried-up, a Prince from the Oasis (one of the last known safe-havens) must venture out to find medicine for the ailing Queen, but along the way he gets mixed up with The Warlord and his robot Ash, which leads to a daring journe [Continued ...]...
- 7/13/2016
- QuietEarth.us
Feeding our curiosity for what a major transgressive adonis in future literary world might look like in the pre stench of cigarettes and booze era, I’m imagining something akin to Kill Your Darlings in term of look and feel, and a perfect drinking partner to Bent Hamer’s Factotum. Quite frankly it’s got everything you’d want in a Park City indie biopic – hence why I originally circled Bukowski as a possible 2014 Sundance selection. Little did I know that production would be tied up in legal troubles. The good news is, as of last month, whatever woes existed between right holders of “Ham on Rye” and this project have been resolved. Moving forward, we can expect to see a transformative performance from Josh Peck and peak into the man behind the method, and the madness. Shannen Doherty, Alex Kingston, Keegan Allen (see set pic above) and Tim Blake Nelson support the titular player.
- 11/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Right after he wrapped up his ’13 Sundance experience, Franco, the movie industry’s poetry geek, hit the brinks and commenced lensing in Los Angeles with Josh Peck, Shannen Doherty, Alex Kingston, Keegan Allen and Tim Blake Nelson. Set in the 20′s-30′s, simply titled Bukowski and not Ham on Rye, Franco’s fascination for the subject joins about a half dozen previous other films on the writer most recently Factotum. Production wrapped in March and as he recently professed to Charlie Rose, hopes that it’ll make the Sundance cut and we hope to see just how much of a range Peck has.
Gist: Written by Dave and James Franco, this is the story of writer Charles Bukowski’s formative years from childhood to high school and his struggles with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcohol abuse, and his initial attempts at writing.
Production Co./Producers: Jay Davis, Vince Jolivette,...
Gist: Written by Dave and James Franco, this is the story of writer Charles Bukowski’s formative years from childhood to high school and his struggles with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcohol abuse, and his initial attempts at writing.
Production Co./Producers: Jay Davis, Vince Jolivette,...
- 11/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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