James Franco and Danny McBride have always teamed up for comedies such as Your Highness, Pineapple Express, and the upcoming This Is The End. However, in this new film As I Lay Dying -- which Franco wrote, stars in, and directed -- is a drama based on William Faulkner's classic novel which is told in a "stream of consciousness writing style by 15 different narrators in 59 chapters. It is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest and motivations—noble or selfish—to honor her wish to be buried in the town of Jefferson."
Set in 1930s Mississippi, the movie also stars Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother Where Art Thou), Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus), Jim Parrack (True Blood), and Ahna O'Reilly. The movie will premiere at The Cannes Film Festival later this month.
It will be interesting to see how Franco ends up telling this story because it seems like it could be pretty complicated.
