JAMES FRANCO TO DIRECT 'THE PRETENDERS' WITH TRIO OF RISING STARS (EXCLUSIVE)

Jack Kilmer, Shameik Moore and Jane Levy will star in the project with a script by Josh Boone.James Franco will direct The Pretenders and has cast a trio of of rising stars — Jack Kilmer, Shameik Moore and Jane Levy — as the leads. Brian Cox and Juno Temple also will star.The Fault in Our Stars helmer Josh Boone wrote the script for the film, which is set in New York City in the 1980s and follows two college friends who fall in love with the same girl, creating a decade-spanning, very unique love story between the threesome.The script has been circulating since 2013, with various loose actor attachments throughout the years.The film is being produced as a co-production between Rabbit Bandini Productions, SSS Entertainment and Yale Productions. Vince Jolivette and Jay Davis at Rabbit Bandini, Shaun Sanghani at SSS, Jordan Yale Levine from Yale and Scott Levenson are producing along with Katy Leary.View full article at hollywoodreporter.com