James Franco’s ‘Zeroville’ Movie Being Released After 4 Year Delay
By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2019 5:00 pm EST
I’ll confess I’m not familiar with myCinema, but per the Deadline story, “myCinema delivers films over the internet which individual theaters can then licenses for any number of weeks of play. myCinema also markets the pics for exhibitors and the distribution system is currently available at 500 screens throughout the U.S. and Canada.”
Zeroville follows “Vikar, a young architecture student so enthralled with the movies that his friends call him ‘cinéautistic.’ With an intensely religious childhood behind him, and tattoos of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on his head, he arrives in Hollywood where he’s mistaken for a member of the Charles Manson “family” and eventually scores a job as a film editor. Vikar discovers the frames of a secret film within the reels of every movie ever made, and sets about splicing them together—an undertaking that takes on frightening theological dimensions.”
Erickson’s book is highly acclaimed, but there’s no telling how Franco’s take on the material might pan out. I liked Franco’s The Disaster Artist, but I found the films he directed before that to be rather bland. Still, with a cast this compelling, I’m definitely interested in seeing how Zeroville plays – especially after such a long delay. There’s a bootleg trailer for the film floating around the web, but I won’t link to it, because I’m a fine, upstanding citizen. I’m sure you can find it if you’re so inclined. The footage on display looks amusing and quirky, and not half-bad, if I’m being honest. Maybe this will turn out okay.
