What's one way you can ensure a 4.0 at NYU's directing program? Take a page out of James Franco's script and take the lead role in your professor's film. While I am kidding about such a move getting you good grades in film school, or that Franco would even need to do such a thing, at least the core of the story is true. According to Variety, Franco will be starring in the indie drama "In Praise of Shadows," which will be directed by his NYU professor, Jay Anania.
"Shadows" is the story of a man named William Vincent (Franco), who returns to New York after four years in exile from the city. The journey that brings him home is strange and curious, and his goal is a simple and romantic one: he wants to save the woman he loves from a crime syndicate. Almost sounds like a tale from Franco's "Spider-Man" universe, doesn't it? Read more...