James Franco has directed adaptations of novels by William Faulkner and even a biopic of sorts of Charles Bukowski, and now this week he brings to the big screen In Dubious Battle, the first in Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s Dustbowl trilogy that included the iconic American classics Of Mice And Men and The Grape…

James Franco is returning to the Venice Film Festival this weekend with his most recent directorial effort, In Dubious Battle. The film falls in line with the multihyphenate's penchant for adapting works by classic American authors, and after tackling William Faulkner, he's on to John Steinbeck. Originally published…

EXCLUSIVE: Multi-hyphenate James Franco, no stranger to classic American literature, has taken his first directorial shot at moving John Steinbeck to the screen with an adaptation of In Dubious Battle. Originally published in 1936, the novel is the lesser-known title in Steinbeck’s unofficial Dustbowl Trilogy — which…

To kick off a new slate of star-driven feature films, development, production, finance and distribution consortium AMBI Group has launched a $200 million fund that will fully finance five mid-budget range films, and at least ten smaller budgeted features. AMBI Group owners Monika Bacardi and Andrea Iervolino serve as…

Austin Stowell and Ahna O’Reilly have landed roles in James Franco’s John Steinbeck adaptation In Dubious Battle. The story follows an uprising by migrant workers in California’s apple country in the 1930s. Stowell plays Eddie, the younger boss under Robert Duvall’s character. Together, they attempt to negotiate with…

John Savage, who is probably best known for The Deer Hunter and Thin Red Line, has joined James Franco’s In Dubious Battle, which is based on the 1936 John Steinbeck novel of the same name. Last week, director Franco found his leading man with Nat Wolff who stars as the farm laborer and activist for The Party who…

Nat Wolff, who stars this summer in Fox’s John Green adaptation Paper Towns, has just been cast as the lead in the James Franco-directed In Dubious Battle, based on the 1936 Steinbeck novel. He will join an impressive cast that includes Franco, Selena Gomez, Vincent D’Onofrio, Robert Duvall, Ed Harris and Bryan…