The actor is producing and starring in a gay sex, art film called James Franco's Crusining , which will be first seen in installments at an upcoming NYC art show and in full length in early 2013.
It's directed by an avant-garde gay film director
Travis Matthews is an award-winning filmmaker who focuses on the intimacy and relationships of gay men. His previous films include an ongoing web series, In Their Room, and the feature film, I Want Your Love, which is "about gay relationships among a group of San Francisco friends and includes real hardcore sex."
Via: travisdmathews.com
It's based on the 1980 thriller, "Cruising," starring Al Pacino
Cruising is a psychological thriller directed by William Friedkin about about a serial killer targeting gay men in the S&M scene. Al Pacino portrays an undercover cop who "cruises" gay bars in search of the killer.
The controversial film originally was slapped with an X rating by the MPAA. After cutting nearly 40 minutes of footage, the movie secured an R rating for a theatrical release.
Via: dvdbeaver.com
The deleted scenes are the source of the film
Franco couldn't get the rights to remake the original film. Instead, he teamed up with Travis to recreate the 40 minutes of deleted footage, which is said to be scenes of "graphic homosexuality with Pacino watching, and with the intimation that he may have been participating."
The film is said to have real sex scenes
(Franco seen shooting an actor on the left and in a club scene on the right.)
"He knew he wanted real gay sex in it," Travis told IndieWire. "His people went looking for a filmmaker who had filmed real gay sex, and I suspect someone who would complement his vision."
The director explains that his previous films (mentioned above) fit the criteria for what the actor was looking for in his version of Cruising.
Via: indiewire.com
