14 DAY TRIAL // You can say anything about James Franco but not that he’s not bold: his next project is based on William Faulkner’s successful novel “As I Lay Dying” and sees him as director, writer, and leading man.
“As I Lay Dying” will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival later this month and just got a first official (teaser) trailer.
Check it out in full above, but *please note that some discretion is advised even though this isn’t a red band release.
“Franco stars as Darl Bundren, whose mother has recently died, and whose family is attempting to honor her wish of being buried in a town forty miles away from the family home,” reads a synopsis of the film.
“Tim Blake Nelson plays the widowed patriarch and Franco’s father, while Jim Parrack (True Blood) plays one of his brothers. Danny McBride, who previously co-starred with Franco in the extreme stoner comedy Pineapple Express, Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus) and Ahna O’Reilly (The Help) also star in the film,” adds the same.
Beth Grant and Jesse Heiman also make appearances.