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"James Franco has clamed he is set to adapt James Ellroy&amp;#039;s American Tabloid. The 1995 novel from the LA Confidential author is a fictionalised account of five years in the lives of three men involved in a conspiracy to assassinate John F Kennedy.  MTV reports that Franco confirmed his involvement in the adaptation and that he would both star and direct. However, he further claimed that the deal is &amp;quot;not all put together yet&amp;quot;, and production is still in very early stages. Bruce Willis and Tom Hanks have both previously attempted to adapt the novel before as a television miniseries, only for the projects to fizzle out. Franco will next be seen in Sam Raimi fantasy Oz: The Great and the Powerful.  He also recently confirmed a role in the upcoming Manson family biopic Beautiful People. Watch a trailer for James Franco&amp;#039;s forthcoming movie Oz: The Great and Powerful below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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