James Franco doesn't have a lot of down time lately. As a director, Franco has landed the lead for his next project, the Sal Mineo biopic tentatively titled Sal. Val Lauren will play Mineo, who is ...

Though the actor found success playing the late James Dean in a made-for-TV movie on TNT back in 2001, it looks like James Franco is interested in another star of the classic Rebel Without a Cause.

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James Franco has turned into a prolific director, with 14 credits since 2010. However, he saves his mainstream efforts for Actor James. Director James is more interested in the arthouse, and none of ...

Lionel “Ray Ray” Williams, the man convicted of Sal Mineo’s murder, is campaigning for exoneration in a recent documentary, Unseen Innocence. Williams, who got a 51-year sentence in 1979, recently ...

The big question this news raises is, who could play Sal Mineo? I’m also curious who could play his ex-fiancée Jill Haworth and his later lover, Courtney Burr, but their casting won’t be as ...

James Franco knows a thing or two about being a teen idol. So perhaps it's no surprise he's making a film about one. The trailer for "Sal," the 35-year-old actor-director's low-budget biopic on the ...

James Franco has cast Val Lauren as the lead in his planned biopic of gay actor Sal Mineo. Lauren has mainly worked in television, appearing in shows such as CSI and Hawaii Five-0. Speaking to The ...

Heart-throb James Franco steps behind the camera to recreate tragic star Sal Mineo’s final hours in a indie production premiering at the Venice Film Festival. By THR Staff Even ardent fans of ...

Val Lauren (pictured left) joins the tentatively titled "Sal," which tells the story of the enigmatic actor best known for his appearance opposite James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause." By Daniel ...