James Franco Articles

Cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt, writer-director Tate Taylor, Cicely Tyson, Emma Stone, The Help On Tuesday, August 30, Tate Taylor's comedy-drama The Help passed the $100 million milestone while Rupert Wyatt's sci-fier Rise of the Planet of the Apes passed the $150 million milestone at the domestic box office according to figures found at Box Office Mojo. Overall, Tuesday was an "up" day at North American movie [...]

James Franco's Broadway debut will have to wait. Franco has dropped out of a planned revival of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman is still on board and so is director David Cromer. Sweet Bird of Youth revolves around an aging, hard-drinking movie actress, Alexandra Del Lago, who leaves town with an aging (35?), small-town escort/drifter, Chance Wayne. Wayne, in [...]

Bryce Dallas Howard, Emma Stone, The Help Rupert Wyatt's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, though down 50% from last weekend, topped the North American box office for the second weekend in a row. Starring James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, and John Lithgow, Rise of the Planet of the Apes brought in $27.5 million this weekend (Aug. 12-14) according to studio estimates found [...]

Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rise of the Planet of the Apes may gross up to $18 million at the North American box office on Friday, according to early estimates found in The Hollywood Reporter. The aforementioned figure includes about $1.25 million from Thursday midnight screenings. Directed by Rupert Wyatt, and starring James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, and King Kong's [...]