The Long Home

The Long Home
Directed by James Franco
Produced by James Franco
Vince Jolivette
Jay Davis
Based on The Long Home
by William Gay
Starring James Franco
Josh Hutcherson
Tim Blake Nelson
Courtney Love
Timothy Hutton
Giancarlo Esposito
Ashton Kutcher
Josh Hartnett
Zoe Levin
Production
company
Country United States
Language English

The Long Home is an upcoming indie drama film directed by and starring James Franco, based on the novel of the same name by William Gay. It also stars Josh Hutcherson, Tim Blake Nelson, Courtney Love, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito, Ashton Kutcher, Josh Hartnett, Zoe Levin, Analeigh Tipton, Scott Haze, and Robin Lord Taylor. The film follows a young contractor who is hired to build a "honky-tonk" in Tennessee by the man who killed his father.[1]

Plot

Set in rural 1940s Tennessee, a young man, Nathan Winer (Hutcherson), lands a job building a "honky-tonk" bar for a charismatic, scheming bootlegger, unaware that the man had murdered his father ten years earlier.

Cast

Production

Pre-production

It was announced on April 6, 2015, that James Franco would direct, produce - through Rabbit Bandini Productions -, and star in the film adaption of the William Gay novel of the same name.[2] Robert Halmi Jr. and Jim Reeve are executive producing.[3]

It was revealed that The Long Home had been offered up to $288,355 in Ohio Film Tax Credits.[4]

Casting

On April 16, 2015, Franco posted on Instagram a list of The Long Home cast which included Josh Hutcherson, Timothy Hutton, Keegan Allen, Ashley Greene, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, and Scott Haze.[5][6]

On May 1, 2015, it was officially announced that Tim Blake Nelson would collaborate with Franco for the seventh time as Hovington, a bootlegging patriarch,[1] and Josh Hutcherson would lead as Nathan Winer.[7] On May 4, 2015, Timothy Hutton[8] and Courtney Love[9] were cast along with Giancarlo Esposito who will play William Tell Oliver, "a Southern salt-of-the-earth man with a colorful, checkered life spent entirely within the confines of the country".[10] On May 5, 2015, several actors had signed on to the cast; Ashton Kutcher, Josh Hartnett, Zoe Levin who will play Amber Rose,[11] Analeigh Tipton, Scott Haze, and Robin Lord Taylor.[3]

Filming

On April 17, 2015, it was announced that filming would begin in Hamilton, Bulter County, and Cincinnati, Ohio.[12] On April 21, 2015, it was revealed that Franco also wanted to shoot part of the film in Eaton and Lebanon, Ohio.[13] A week later Franco was spotted scouting locations in Eaton.[14]

Principal photography began on May 1, 2015[4] in Hamilton[12] which coincided with filming of another Franco film, Goat, and were shot "pretty much simultaneously"[15] and then began in Eaton on May 17.[14] Production on the film wrapped on May 23, 2015,[16] with filming lasting 23 days.

Release

The Long Home is tentatively expected to be released in 2017.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rebecca Ford (May 1, 2015). "Tim Blake Nelson Joins Ang Lee's 'Billy Lynn' and James Franco's 'The Long Home' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jennifer Maas (April 7, 2015). "James Franco to direct and produce Tennessee drama The Long Home". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Rebecca Ford (May 5, 2015). "Ashton Kutcher, Josh Hartnett Join James Franco's 'The Long Home' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Vivienne Machi (May 5, 2015). "Movie with star-studded cast now filming in Hamilton". daytondailynews.com. Retrieved May 6, 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ Andrea Park (April 16, 2015). "James Franco Shows Off His Impressive Abs – with a Side of Attitude (PHOTO)". People. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Laurel Brown (April 16, 2015). "'Back into the fray!' Shirtless James Franco announces new film project The Long Home as he shows off his ripped body on Instagram". Daily Mail. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  7. ↑ Will Robinson (May 1, 2015). "<Casting Net: Josh Hutcherson leads James Franco-directed The Long Home". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ Justin Kroll (May 4, 2015). "Timothy Hutton Joins James Franco's 'The Long Home' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  9. ↑ Patrick Hipes (May 4, 2015). "Courtney Love Joins James Franco's 'The Long Home'". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  10. ↑ Rebecca Ford (May 4, 2015). "'Breaking Bad' Alum Giancarlo Esposito Joins James Franco's 'The Long Home' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  11. ↑ Zoe Levin (May 4, 2015). "Amber 🌹". Instagram. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  12. 1 2 Carol Motsinger (April 17, 2015). "Commission: Second Franco movie project coming to Cincy". cincinnati.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
  13. ↑ Jill Drury (April 21, 2015). "Is Eaton the movie mecca of Miami Valley?". wdtn.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
  14. 1 2 Jill Drury (April 28, 2015). "James Franco scouts Eaton sites for new movie". wdtn.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
  15. ↑ Vivienne Machi (April 20, 2015). "Part of James Franco movie to be filmed in Hamilton". journal-news.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015. External link in |publisher= (help)
  16. ↑ "Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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