James Franco Joins ‘John Rambo’ Prequel Movie
James Franco you could have joined the forged of “John Rambo.”
The actor — presently on the Cannes Film Festival — you could have a small position as a villain within the movie, Variety understands, becoming a member of Noah Centineo as Rambo and the lately introduced David Harbor as Rambo’s commanding officer Major Trautman.
Being directed by Jalmari Helander (“Sisu”), “John Rambo” is the origin story of the franchise and takes place earlier than 1982’s “First Blood,” the Sylvester Stallone film that began the favored franchise.
“John Rambo” has now wrapped manufacturing in Thailand. Also showing within the movie are Yao (“Sinners”), Jason Tobin (“A Thousand Blows”), Quincy Isaiah (“Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty”), Jefferson White (“Yellowstone”) and Tayme Thapthimthong (“The White Lotus”).
News of Franco becoming a member of the movie comes simply because the actor has been noticed out and about round Cannes, seen on the opening ceremony with longtime girlfriend Izabel Pakzad and later within the week on the Chopard dinner and the social gathering for “Club Kid.”
During the gala dinner on the opening night time, Franco spoke to Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye and hinted that he’d lately wrapped a task in an unnamed “big studio movie” — his first blockbuster in near a decade. He added that the movie “won’t be ready for this summer, but my guess is it will be end of this year or spring-summer 2027.”
Franco additionally stated he had been targeted on dwelling a “positive life” following a sexual misconduct scandal that erupted over allegations of abuse of energy and inappropriate conduct in direction of aspiring actresses at his now-defunct appearing college. Franco denied the allegations however acknowledged that the accusers had raised necessary points.
Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani wrote the screenplay for “John Rambo,” which is produced by Lionsgate, Millennium Media, Templeton Media and AGBO, and can be distributed by Lionsgate.
Producers are Kevin King Templeton for Templeton Media, Les Weldon, Jonathan Yunger for Millennium Media, and Angela Russo-Otstot and Michael Disco for AGBO. Executive producers embrace Anthony and Joe Russo, Trevor Short, and Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk for Bonfire Legend, alongside Stallone. The movie is produced by Lionsgate, Millennium Media, Templeton Media, and AGBO, and can be distributed by Lionsgate.
