Set in mountainous Sevier County, Tennessee, director James Franco’s CHILD OF GOD tells the tale of Lester Ballard (played by Scott Haze), a dispossessed, violent misfit whom the narrator describes as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Written and directed by James Franco, “Child of God” is adapted from Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name. The film tells the ...

Franco’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s 1973 novel is base, brutal and blunt. Maybe this is a project best left read James Franco has taken Cormac McCarthy’s stylistic prose and replaced it with ...

James Franco’s infatuation with the literati and his desire to be among the ranks continues with this adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy’s 1973 novel (his third) about a mentally handicapped malcontent ...

Scott Haze stars as an East Tennessee hill country pariah who descends into madness, murder and sexual depravity in James Franco's film of the Cormac McCarthy novel. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic ...