James Franco is developing three movies based on novels by crime fiction writer Tom Franklin — “Smonk,” “Poachers,” and “Hell at the Breech,” Variety has learned exclusively. Franco and partner Vince ...
Acting on a Facebook tip from character actor W. Earl Brown (“Deadwood,” “There’s Something About Mary”), I picked up a copy of novelist Tom Franklin’s book “Smonk” to take on my summer trip. I was ...
It's not every novelist who has a burger named after one of his books. But in Oxford, Miss., where writers are like rock stars, the menu at Big Bad Breakfast just north of the town square proudly ...
The 127 Hours star and production partner Vince Jolivette have obtained the rights to Franklin’s bestselling books Smonk, Poachers, and Hell at the Breech and plan to begin filming them soon, reported ...
In acknowledgments at the end of Smonk, Tom Franklin thanks his wife, poet Beth Ann Fennelly, "for never running screaming from the house" after reading early drafts. Too bad this doesn't appear at ...
IF the style and tone of American writer Tom Franklin’s wild western Smonk seems reminiscent of another western, say, HBO’s violent and unrepentant Deadwood, that’s because Franklin apparently spent a ...
A few pages into Smonk (William Morrow), you might well wonder, Can I stomach this? The sex is positively unhealthy. (Even by today’s substandards.) The violence is way beyond over-the-top. (Think: ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Franco and partner Vince Jolivette are producing through their Rabbit Bandini Productions, which recently obtained the movie ...
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