James Franco
The kind of brooding hunk that inspires bad high-school poetry, Franco was the perfect choice to play a handsome loner in the cult dramedy Freaks and Geeks. Although the series lacked longevity, this...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
04/18/1978
Palo Alto, CA |
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B.O. Update: Michael Phelps' Swimming May Be Dampening 'Tropic Thunder'
August 16, 2008 9:04am ESTTropic Thunder (Dreamworks/Paramount) is a hit, but it will come in with a five-day of less than Sony’s Pineapple Express, and it seems that the Beijing Olympics may be hurting the new R-rated comedy’s performance.
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Pineapple Express Review
August 08, 2008 3:54pm ESTSeth Rogen and James Franco come off like a Laurel and Hardy on, well, pot in this frenetic wild ride which mixes violence, drugs and laughs with such abandon you gotta love the audacity of it all.
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B.O. Buzz-Kill: 'Pineapple Express' Down 50 Percent from Opening Day
August 08, 2008 2:55pm ESTPineapple Express (Sony), which opened to a spectacular $12.15M on Wednesday, suffered its expected Thursday buzz-kill, down about 50 percent, according to preliminary numbers.
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B.O. Update: 'Pineapple Express' Is Riding High with $12.1 M Opening Day
August 07, 2008 9:50am ESTThe much buzzed-about Judd Apatow-produced comedy Pineapple Express (Sony) got high on Wednesday.
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B.O.: 'Pineapple Express' Likely to Grab $35M for 5 Days
August 06, 2008 6:21am ESTWhereas The Dark Knight (Warner Bros) was an underdog to win last weekend versus The Mummy 3 (Universal), I am installing the Christopher Nolan-directed comic book adaptation as the betting favorite to win both the traditional 3-day and the Wednesday-thru-Friday 5-day frames this weekend--although it could be close.
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Pineapple Express Sneak Peek: On the set with Seth Rogen, James Franco and David Gordon Green
July 30, 2008 12:52pm ESTHollywood.com interviews Seth Rogen, James Franco and David Gordon Green on the set of Pineapple Express.
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'Pineapple Express': On the Set with Seth Rogen
July 30, 2008 12:51pm ESTGuy love is complicated enough, but what happens when a drug dealer thinks he’s actually friends with his clients? This is just the answer Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg set out to find with their new weed action movie, Pineapple Express. Hollywood.com and our fellow journalists had a few questions of our own when we met up with Rogen (who stars as Dale in the film) on the set Pineapple out at Downey Studios last year. Read on to find out what his mom thought the first time she found drugs in his
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'Pineapple Express': On the Set with James Franco
July 30, 2008 12:49pm ESTWhile visiting the set of Pineapple Express, we had the chance to pull up a folding chair alongside James Franco just outside the set for a late night chat about the new pot comedy. Now, the wait is almost over as Franco takes his role as Saul the drug dealer to the big screen - long hair, stoner garb and all.
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'Pineapple Express': On the Set with Director David Gordon Green
July 30, 2008 12:49pm ESTHollywood.com visits director David Gordon Green on the set of his new movie 'Pineapple Express.'
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Studio Report Card: Paramount is No. 1, but Who Will Finish 2nd?
July 02, 2008 7:30am ESTJuly 1 marks the halfway point of the movie year, and there is a clear winner among the major Hollywood studios. With the top 3 grossing movies of 2008, Paramount is riding high with both Marvel’s Iron Man and Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull topping $300M and DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda at $181M now and a cinch for $200M+. The Melrose gang will be the first studio in history with back-to-back-to-back $200M+ grossing movies.
