James Franco Enlists Seth Rogen, Megan Fox, Will Ferrell, and More for 'Zeroville'

Keeping tabs on James Franco's many projects is a task unto itself, as he stays busy in front of and behind the camera. At least when he's directing he tends to fill up the cast with his friends and people he's worked with on previous occasions. About three years ago Franco optioned the rights to Steve Erickson's book, Zeroville, and not only is that next on his to-do list, production is already underway with an all-star cast on board.

According to Screen Daily, Franco has brought on Seth Rogen, Mexan Fox, Craig Robinson, Will Ferrell, Horatio Sanz, Dave Franco, Jamie King, Jacki Weaver, and Danny McBride for Zeroville. You can follow the production on Franco's Instagram page, where he's put up some pictures from what looks like a wild production. Perfect for a film with a far-out concept that has Franco starring as Jerome, a movie centering on a "film-obsessed architecture student with images of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift (as they appear in A Place in the Sun) tattooed on his shaved head arrives on Hollywood Boulevard in 1969 where he’s mistaken for a perpetrator in the Charles Manson murders." There he encounters many fixtures of the era (including directors like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg) while traversing the sex, drugs, and rock & roll scene.

Rogen, who has worked with Franco numerous times in the past, will play Viking Man, described as an ‘eccentric, cigar-chomping, surf-hippy’; Fox will play a femme fatale named Soledad; McBride plays a sinister financier; while Weaver is a mentor and friend to Franco's character. Sounds pretty awesome, and yet another challenging project for Franco to undertake. For all his ambition there aren't a lot of positive things to say about the films he's previously directed, but maybe this will be where it all comes together.

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Jamie Chung and Jamie King set for 'Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'

 
Now that Robert Rodriguez is all finished up with Machete Kills, he's moving from that right into the long-awaited Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.  Fans of 2005's Sin City have been craving the follow-up for years, and after enduring tons of delays and Rodriguez's constantly putting it on the backburner, production has now officially gotten underway today.

As expected, Rosario Dawson, Mickey Rourke, and Jessica Alba are expected to return, with Clive Owen presumed to be reprising his role as Dwight. As hinted at the in the first film, Dwight has undergone some radical facial surgery, so it's expected that someone else will play another version of Dwight. THR also notes the return of Jaime King as Goldie, the blond prostitute that Marve was obsessed with. She'll now play Goldie's twin sister, Wendy. Jamie Chung is the first official new cast member announced, replacing Devon Aoki as the sword-wielding assassin Miho.

There's still a lot of major casting yet to be completed, including for the all-important role of the sexy seductress Ava, which at one time they had hoped Angelina Jolie would take. There's also a newly created character named Johnny, a smooth gambler.

Rodriguez is again co-directing with Sin City creator Frank Miller, and while a number of storylines will again be incorporated, we do know that Just Another Saturday Night is one of the stories that will play a major part. Last we'd heard, the plan was for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For was being targeted for an October 4th 2013 release. 

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