James Franco New TV Show Series Revealed on Twitter & Instagram: 'James Franco Presents' About Art
Actor James Franco announced that he has a new show coming out via his Twitter and Instagram accounts Wednesday.
The show, which is called James Franco Presents, will premiere in November on the independent cable network Ovation, according to Variety.
It will comprise of 10 1-hour long episodes featuring James Franco talking about all the art, literature, and culture that he is currently interested in. Franco will also showcase some of his "experimental" short films and videos of his on the series.
James Franco Presents is an "anthology docuseries," according to Ovation CCO Robert Weiss, who also said that "The show sees the word of art through James' eyes."
Before the announcement the actor had been building up anticipation towards the show with cryptic messages on his Twitter and Instagram accounts. He posted on Aug. 20 an illustration -- a portrait of him merged with Vincent Van Gogh's famous self-portrait -- on Instagram. The image of him has "New T.V. show: James Franco presents" scribbled on it.
"New show, with me, and a bunch of crazy stuff. Announcement tomorrow," Franco tweeted, linking it to the Instagram photo.
"They don't want me to say the channel yet, don't know why," he tweeted on Aug. 19. "But I guess you'll find out Wednesday."
Franco posted another Instagram image of his face superimposed on the Mona Lisa on Aug 19. The image uses vandalizing spray paint, a moustache and a pair of horns drawn over the portrait and a scribble which reads: "NEW TV SERIES about ART Duuuh."
Franco's upcoming film, Child of God, an adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy book, will be screened at the New York Film Festival. Franco's short film Interior.Leather.Bar, the re-imagining of the censored 40 minutes of Cruising, was recently picked up for distribution by Strand. Franco is also busy with fast-tracking the production of Palo Alto Stories, a three-part film anthology based on his eponymous book chronicling his high-school experiences. He launched a crowdfunding campaign in June to help finance the film. The campaign raised $327,000 for the film.
