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James Franco Cast in Danny Boyle's Newest Film '127 Hours'

by Alex Billington
January 6, 2010
Source: Production Weekly

Could this be what that "General Hospital" appearance was all about? Just kidding. Production Weekly is reporting on Twitter that James Franco has been cast in Danny Boyle's new film titled 127 Hours, which tells the story of a mountain climber in Utah who had to amputate his own arm when it got pinned beneath a boulder. We've heard plenty of early details about 127 Hours recently, primarily because it's Boyle's highly anticipated follow-up to the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire. Originally it was Ryan Gosling who was rumored for the role, but it looks like Franco landed it in the end. Shooting will start in early March in Utah.

Similar to the one-man stuck-in-a-coffin film Buried with Ryan Reynolds, 127 Hours is supposed be another one-man-show about mountaineer Aron Ralston. The title refers to the number of hours that Ralston was pinned (it calculates out to about 5 days) before he decided to cut off his own arm and escape before he died at that spot in the mountains. This will be a challenge for Franco to pull off, but with the exuberant Danny Boyle behind the lens giving him direction, I've got a feeling we have a true awards contender in the works. Franco has the acting chops to pull it off, it's just a matter of making it happen. Can Franco pull it off?

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