NP - James Franco to Film William Faulkner

[David Morris]

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/03/james-franco-william-faulkner-acormac-mccarthy/

James Franco has never been one shy away from a challenge, whether
it’s guest-starring on General Hospital or co-hosting the Oscars, but
adapting both William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy for the screen
appears to be two especially giant-sized steps towards potential
disaster. Or, alternatively, towards becoming the next Orson Welles.
It’ll be awhile until we know, but in the meantime Franco is moving
full steam ahead and he confirms to EW that he hopes to direct film
versions of Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and McCarthy’s Blood Meridian.
If everything goes according to plan, the Faulkner would be first,
filming this summer, and then the Blood Meridian in 2012.