Do all James Franco's movies go straight-to-video now?

Straight??

he's full of shit

Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction ... John Travolta is an icon of cinema, whether you like it or not. And it seems like those days are permanently over and we won't see anymore. Franco has never been in a classic/memorable movie in his life.

He got cancelled by Me Too and Times Up

Thinks he is an artist not an actor. Smokes way to much pot and made enough money he does not need to work again - not a whole lot of drive to be MORE famous.

Franco is toast. Didn't they actually end THE DEUCE (an entertaining little show) early because of him?

His output is kind of shocking: he has 150 credits on IMDB, many for projects I've never heard of. How many truly memorable films has he made? How many commercially successful films has he made? I'd guess that his own "art" projects will be the first to be forgotten.

I saw Jimmy Franco on Broadway in "Of Mice and Men." It was a very good and disciplined performance. He was also just perfect in "Milk" and hilarious in "The Pineapple Express." Have you read his novels? Not bad. And I really respect his admiration for Faulkner and has adapted a few of his difficult novels. But jealous people just want to tear him down. They cannot stand that someone can be so devastatingly handsome AND talented. Suffer.

Will Franco be remembered for KING COBRA?

It's no classic, but I loved him in Pineapple Express.

It was a combination of him making one shitty movie after another and him doing one sleazy and questionable thing after another (the teen on Instagram, the accusations from from some students his “acting school,” the meetup with Amber Heard). People also got sick of the gay baiting. Either come out or just STFU.

I feel bad for him. He was on track to gain an Oscar nomination. I actually liked his movie and thought he really did deserve the nomination. I never believed the thirsty women who accused him of #metoo, but the damage has been done, while other actors who did #metoo are fine.

He peaked on General Hospital.

One can only hope.

He always looks like he might have been a great fuck. But never at your own home. You want to see what there is to see and do what there is to do. But you need to be able to slip away quietly when it's done.

r7, "Handsome" is subjective and to each his own, but you honestly think Franco is objectively "talented"? Seriously?

Almost no one is objectively talented. Very, very few would fit that category, even in singing, where much of the physical attributes neede are inborn. But for actors? Oh, hell no.

Yes. He’s over. No one wants to hire him because of complaints from women he harassed or assaulted. He also goes for teenagers.

His best films are Milk and 127 Hours? But he made more trash than Nicole Kidman, which is saying a lot.

They should. He’s a despicable human being.

He always looks like maybe he bathed yesterday, but definitely did not bathe today.

The rule is, baths to-morrow and baths yesterday – but never baths to-day.

I just realized that the only thing I've ever seen him in was King Cobra. Weird, It feels like I've seen all his movies. He's overexposed and retreating from the limelight for a few years is probably good for him.

Even Seth Rogen has said Franco has a greasy appearance. I bet he smells like ass and cigarettes.

It was such a huge mistake for Garrett Clayton to make that film with Franco. TAINTED.

r22 It wasn't a bad movie. I found it interesting. And Garret Clayton now has name recognition thanks to being "tainted" by Franco.

Is he Italian?

He is Portuguese, r24.

Mixed ancestry--his mother is Jewish and his father was of Portuguese and Swedish descent.

He's hot as fuck, and he made a number of gay-related non-commercial films while he was manically producing work.

Now we're supposed to hate him, but I don't at all. He's been adventurous ever since he could start choosing and producing his own projects while at the same time succeeding in the mainstream.

I thought he was a hollywood fuck boi and big dope until I read that he has like three or more degrees and a phd. Then I started to understand him and respect him.

Holy shit!!!! I just googled it and he has TEN college degrees!!!! WTF!!!!

[quote]I just realized that the only thing I've ever seen him in was King Cobra. Weird, It feels like I've seen all his movies. He's overexposed and retreating from the limelight for a few years is probably good for him.

He doesn't have that luxury. He's in his 40s so no chance of him being allowed back and hitting it big. Not a good actor, hasn't been in anything memorable. Of course he's over.

Another one of his issues is he tried to be a jack of all trades, but was really master of none except being an OK actor. Remember when he was doing “art” exhibits, recorded awful music, poetry, novels, directing, producing, photography, teaching, etc? It was all terrible. He should have just focused on maybe one or two things outside of acting and that’s it instead of being mediocre or terrible while doing multiple things.

I don’t even hear anyone mention him anymore. He used to be popular up until about 5 years ago.

And the #metoo issues.

[quote] But jealous people just want to tear him down.

Thank you for weighing in, 14-Year-Old Girl Stan.

He's over: you can't be an enfant terrible any more in your forties. He was pretty much a con artist, trying to see how much he could get away with.

The graduate program shenanigans were just that.... shenanigans. Ask his "classmates" from those programs at Columbia and NYU how often they actually saw him in attendance. (Franco received a D for poor attendance at at least one NYU class, and was photographed asleep at a Columbia lecture that he did deign to attend). How many of those programs did he actually complete?

What was more shocking to me was how these respected institutions signed on to be part of Franco's elaborate PR stunt, along side the General Hospital appearances, the gay-themed indie projects and gay-baiting that accompanied them, his infamous "hosting" of the Oscars, etc.

Franco's had a long run making headlines for himself as a sort of post-Warhol self-invented "superstar." Perhaps he should have focused more on making fewer and better movies.

And oh yes, on not sexually harrassing and exploiting people along the way.

Not everyone wants to be a movie star. If that is what he wanted, he could have easily gone in that direction after James Dean. He chose not to. Some people just want to enjoy their lives. What I really want to know is how real is this pic? It's certainly realistic. I really do want to believe it.

I would sit on that.

That pic has already been debunked as fake. Someone put his face on an existing pic of someone else

I kinda don't care, but I kinda do. Has he ever had gay sex. He loves to toy with it all the time, and then back off and say he would never actually have sex with another guy. Anyone on DL had him? Not friend of a friend, but you, personally, had him?

He seems like the type to prank you by jerking off on your face while you're sleeping.

LOL, r40.

That'd be fine with me, R40.

He doesn't smoke pot IRL, believe it or not.

His eyelids have foreskins.

Here he is pranking his brother:

God, I hate the incest troll! Anyway, Cocaine Gossip Girl claimed he's had plently of gay sex, including one in a threesome with her boyfriend. Not that I care because I'm not attracted to him at all.

I once saw in at a coffee house in santa monica. This was just after freaks and geeks he was quite young. But what struck me as odd, was that he was in a suit. It was blazing hot and LA isn't a "suit-wearing" type place. I mean, you can leave the jacket in the car, bro! His skin was grey. His teeth were grey. He looked so unhealthy. He looked like death. Meh, I'd still fuck him. Even in THAT condition!

I agree that he always looks unbathed and a bit smelly to me.

[quote]Not everyone wants to be a movie star. If that is what he wanted, he could have easily gone in that direction after James Dean. He chose not to.

Oh please! He was the ultimate famewhore and was doing anything and everything for attention up until negative things started coming out about him. If he didn’t care about being a movie star, he wouldn’t have hosted the Oscars or been submitting his name for Oscar consideration.

oh, god, the Oscar hosting. I'd suppressed that. But oh, sweet jesus. And I kind of like James Franco, or at least don't generally mind him. but Oh Dear God in Heaven!

Thanks to his Jewish heritage, he was able to succeed in Hollywood. He made some poor lifestyle choices that melted away his snowflake fans.

He’s bisexual and has even had boyfriends. Whenever I see his face now I think of a child molester.

I mean, I know you're right r52, and I don't mean to belabor this question which deep down doesn't matter, but any names? Any details? Anything that isn't just "I heard ..."?

The nude pic is probably real. Are you all forgetting the pic on his Instagram which showed cum all over a batman headpiece? He did not get the coveted part and did the pic for spite.

There already was a thread that debunked the photo.

It’s really telling that other than Seth Rogan and Amber Heard, he seems to have no actor friends.

How is James handling the pandemic. Where is he quarantining and with whom?

I envision him watching copious amounts of porn, drinking heavily and putting on even more weight.

To answer OPs question: James Franco still gets roles in movies?

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About the beard, notice in his entire career before he got blackballed he had never been photographed with a girlfriend. So staged.

He was excellent in Milk and the Disaster artist. He's made some poor career choices however. I mean, General Hospital? What was he thinking?

He's actively bi, and was in what was apparently a violent relationship with another man a couple years back. I know for a fact several media outlets were competing to break the story but it never came out, I don't know if he has good lawyers or what.

I watched "The Disaster Artist" a few weeks ago and it's even worse than "The Room."

R63 Yeah, I didn’t understand what the hype about that movie was for. It sucked like most of his movies.

I love that James and David are staying close as they weather the pandemic together. Go, boys!

R65 How do you know they’re close during this time?

R45 gives you the proof of how close they are.

R55 Can you please link to this thread? I can't find it in all the Franco threads.

His stinky, stanky, fakey-intellectual ways his all my art school fuck boy buttons! SIT ON MY FACE!

He's okay at all the things he does and does too much but he's hot and can have a conversation about Chris Burden so I want to blow him.

I can talk about Chris Burden, r69. Can I sit on your face?

R70 If you're James Franco you can. Crush my skull!

"Straight-to-video?" What is this, 1994?

[quote] Do all James Franco's movies go straight-to-video now?

This speak to the lack of diversity in Hollywood.

[quote] Do all James Franco's movies go straight-to-video now?

This speakS to the lack of diversity in Hollywood.

He should make a movie with Colby Keller. Call it OUTCAST. Make it cinéma vérité and feature a lot of hot man-on-man action.

There are a lot of fake James Franco nudes online but I had it on good authority from someone very well connected this particular photo is real. Something to do with a dog-walker in LA? I could hit my friend up for more info. He shared it with me about three(?), showing it to me on his phone at a party in NYC. About a year later I saw it finally appeared online.

*shared it with me about three YEARS AGO

He did show off some nice thick pubes in "The Disaster Artist" before his career falterd. He was very good in the film, too, playing a very bad actor.

"faltered", that is.

Video? Haha. So 2003.

OH, BOOMER!!!! ( Freeze frame as I cross my arms and roll my eyes ) We're stuck in an 80s sitcom!!!!!!!!

Here you go

He was terrible R78 and most of his dialogue was unintelligible.

He deserves everything that's happened to his career. Nothing was real.

Loser.

He's a real workaholic, makes me wonder what he's running away from.

R86 Considering what’s come out about him in recent years, he obviously has issues.

He's at least bi. There were photos of James Franco cuddling with many guys at a Loca (the crazy lady) a now defunct famous underground gay club in Sao Paulo Brazil in 2012.

He’s 42 now, so nobody cares anymore.

He‘s got beautiful bone structure and sufficient height - is going to age gracefully etc.

For them to go straight-to-video/streaming, he'd have to at least have some output, no? I think he's gone the way of Mel Gibson, where he'll always have his supporters or defenders, but never be able to fully return. Only difference is, Mel Gibson was bigger, more famous and more successful. Franco's crew in Hollywood is Seth Rogan and Judd Apatow.

R90 is James Franco.

He could use some Biore strips.

And some Botox for those crows feet.

If Franco had a dick that big he probably would have done full frontal long ago. First sign of a fake nude is a too big dick.

There were also at least a couple of references to his character(s) in THE DEUCE (he played twin brothers) having a big dick.

I think it's a thing for him (or at least a wish).

R96 The majority of men claim to have a big dick (and most of the time it’s a lie).🙄

I remember him on Stern once talking about how he tried filming himself taking a shit into a bowl (or on the floor - can’t remember) but couldn’t, and then he tried to film another guy taking a shit into a bowl and only a tiny piece came out. That’s when I knew he wasn’t all there in the head.

[quote]Do all James Franco's movies go straight-to-video now?

Hold my beer.

R98 I think he was talking about being in film school, and trying to imitate Kurt Kren's "16/67 September 20."

Another thumb up for The Disaster Artist, a movie I went in expecting to hate, and walked out liking a lot.

R100 If that is the case, then he’s not as creative as he thinks if he has to imitate what’s already been done.