James Franco must have been on holiday or something, as it’s been a good couple of weeks since news last emerged that he was attached to a movie (boy, does that guy like attaching himself to movies). However now TheWrap reports that he’s the frontrunner to take the lead role in Good People. Tobey Maguire was previously set to star, although he dropped out a while ago.
The film also has a new director, as Niels Arden Oplev, who helmed the original Scandinavian version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, was set to helm, but he’s now been replaced by Danish director Henrik Genz, who’s best known for the Copenhagen-set thriller Terribly Happy.
The film, based on Marcus Sakey’s thriller, follows Tom and Anna Reid, a couple who are up to their eyeballs in debt following IVF treatment. However in slightly Shallow Grave style, they think their prayers have been answered when they find $400,000 in a room they let to a tenant who suddenly dies. Unsurprisingly, when they try and keep the cash, things get complicated.
It doesn’t appear Franco has officially signed on yet, but he’s certainly in the lead for the main role. Kelly Masterson (Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, Snow Piercer) is handling the script.