Rabbit Bandini Productions
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film, television |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, U.S. |
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Rabbit Bandini Productions is a film and television production company founded in 2003 by actors/filmmakers James Franco and Vince Jolivette. The name comes from combining the titular hero from John Updike's Rabbit tetralogy with the hero of John Fante's Ask the Dust, Arturo Bandini.[1] The logo consists of a crudely drawn rabbit as well as the company name.
Works
[edit]Recent credits include director Gia Coppola's drama Palo Alto and Franco's directorial adaptations of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy's Child of God and Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and The Sound and The Fury premiering at the 2014 Venice Film Festival.[2]
Rabbit Bandini Productions has multiple projects in various stages of development. In production, In Dubious Battle, based on the Steinbeck book of the same name.[3] The Adderall Diaries directed by Pamela Romanowsky, starring Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard and Christian Slater.[4]
Completed in 2015 was Justin Kelly's directorial adaptation of the biopic I Am Michael, with Franco, Zachary Quinto and Emma Roberts and Zeroville directed by Franco, starring Megan Fox, Seth Rogen and Will Ferrell along with Franco.[5][6] The company teamed up with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on The Disaster Artist, which is financed by Good Universe.[7] In 2015, the company also produced "Actors Anonymous",[8][9] a film funded by Sara Von Kienegger, in conjunction with students and the USC Film School.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| TBA | Camp |
| Kill the Czar | |
| The Long Home | |
| Poster Cellar | |
| 2019 | Zeroville |
| 2018 | The Pretenders |
| Future World | |
| 2017 | I Think You're Totally Wrong |
| The Disaster Artist | |
| 2016 | Actors Anonymous |
| King Cobra | |
| L.A. Series | |
| 2015 | The Snow Men |
| The Ultimate Evil | |
| The Adderall Diaries | |
| I Am Michael | |
| Yosemite | |
| Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha | |
| A Walk in Winter | |
| Black Dog, Red Dog | |
| Holy Land | |
| In Dubious Battle | |
| Killing Animals | |
| Lockheed | |
| The Labyrinth | |
| 2014 | Gucci Sunglasses |
| Guests | |
| Memoria | |
| 2013 | Bukowski |
| Child of God | |
| Palo Alto | |
| As I Lay Dying | |
| The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts | |
| Interior. Leather Bar. | |
| Kink | |
| Acting Class | |
| 2012 | The Color of Time |
| Playhouse | |
| The Letter | |
| Spring Breakers | |
| The Iceman | |
| Maladies | |
| Hart Crane: An Exegesis | |
| Undergrads: South | |
| Melody Set Me Free | |
| Undergrads North | |
| 2011 | Sal |
| 2010 | The Broken Tower |
| Masculinity & Me | |
| The Clerk's Tale | |
| Shadows & Lies | |
| Saturday Night | |
| Herbert White | |
| Howl | |
| In Search of Ted Demme | |
| 2009 | The Feast of Stephen |
| 2007 | Good Time Max |
| 2005 | Fool's Gold |
| The Ape |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2017–2019 | The Deuce |
References
[edit]- ^ "What is James Franco Reading?". April 13, 2017.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (September 1, 2014). "Hot Venice Clip: James Franco's 'The Sound And The Fury'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (January 30, 2015). "James Franco Assembles Cast for Adaptation of 'In Dubious Battle'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ "The Adderall Diaries - Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (January 25, 2015). "Sundance Film Review: 'I Am Michael'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ "Casting Net: Megan Fox, James Franco lead 'Zeroville'". Entertainment Weekly. October 24, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ "James Franco Plans To Enter 'The Room' With Behind-The-Scenes Movie". MTV. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ "Actors Anonymous". January 1, 2000. Retrieved January 10, 2017 – via IMDb.
- ^ "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos". Retrieved January 10, 2017.
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