Looks like James Franco is starting 2011 like he ended 2010: With a loaded schedule of unexpected projects that he’s hoping to get off the ground. According to Roger Friedman , Franco is planning to direct an adaptation of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying from his own screenplay. Additionally, he’s also interested in adapting Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian , which you’ll recall was one of the movies Ridley Scott was never going to direct . Expect Franco to squeeze these in when he isn’t hosting the Oscars, starring on General Hospital , going to class and doing press for Your Highness . [ Showbiz411 ]
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James Franco Hopes to Direct Adaptations of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy
