Franco to cameo in 'Lovelace'

FrancoNothAfter he was eyed to experience a mans lead of Chuck Traynor in "Lovelace," James Franco is within foretells cameo as Playboy founder Hugh Hefner within the indie drama which will reunite him together with his "Howl" helmers Take advantage of Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Should an offer close, Franco would join recently cast supporting gamers Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, Chris Noth and Robert Patrick, in addition to stars Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard.Set between your birth from the sexual revolution and also the culmination from the feminist movement, "Lovelace" represents the existence of Linda Boreman, who as Linda Lovelace grew to become the earth's first erotic celebrity because of the prosperity of "Deep Throat."Azaria will have "Deep Throat" author-director Jerry Damiano, who prides themself on getting designed a porn movie having a story, figures and humor. Cannavale and Noth will have "Deep Throat" bankers Butchie Peraino and Anthony Romano, who get into business with Linda's pornographer husband Traynor (Sarsgaard) after he shows them a house movie of her special skill. Patrick will have Linda's father John Boreman, who initially falls for Chuck's charm when Linda brings him home but later finds themself embarrassed with his daughter's newly found celebrity.Franco is anticipated to become on looking for just one day his screentime as Hefner is going to be restricted to moments where the magazine mogul welcomes Linda and Chuck towards the Playboy Mansion for any screening of "Deep Throat" and it has a heart-to-heart with Linda about her future.Sharon Stone, Juno Temple and Wes Bentley co-star as Linda's mother, closest friend and 2nd husband, correspondingly, while other notable supporting roles that haven't yet been cast include Linda's "Deep Throat" co-star Harry Reems, Gloria Steinem and Sammy Davis Junior.Production around the Andy Bellin-scripted pic started today in La, and also the film has been created using the cooperation of Linda Lovelace's estate. "Lovelace" is really a Millennium Films production that'll be created by Heidi Jo Markel for Eclectic Pictures, Laura Rister and Jason Weinberg for Untitled Entertainment and Jim Youthful for Animus Films. Professional producers include Boaz Davidson, Danny Dimbort, Mark Gill, W. Merritt Manley, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short and John Thompson for Nu Image/Millennium Films. Franco, who most lately toplined "Rise from the Planet from the Apes" and can soon wrap the title role in Mike Raimi's "Oz: The Truly Amazing and Effective," is repped by CAA and manager Miles Levy of James/Levy Management. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com