Well OK, then.
Variety reportsthat Harmony Korine has a new film in the works: "Spring Breakers, the story of four college girls who rob a restaurant to pay for their trip to the beach. ..." That doesn't sound too far afield for Korine, since it involves crime and young people making bad decisions. It's the next part of the lede that had me knuckling my sleep-starved eyeballs last night when I first opened the link: " ... with James Franco attached and Emma Roberts, Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez in talks to star." (Emphasis totally mine.)
I mean, Franco and Korine, sure — this is right up Franco's get-blazed-and-awkward alley. It's not exactly hard to imagine him humping garbage as long as there's a picture of himself in it or a camera rolling. But Selena "who says you're not beautiful?" Gomez is, uh, well ... she's not exactly Yolandi Vi$$er. (Not that there's anything wrong with that!) As for the other "starlets," as Variety calls them: I don't think I've ever seen Vanessa Hudgens act, but Wikipedia tells me she is "an American actress and singer, who is best known for her portrayal of the character Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical series," which tells me nothing and everything at the same time. I think Emma Roberts was in a Scream movie or something. Here's more:
"Roberts would play a Southerner who feeds off danger, while Gomez would play a religious girl. The rest of the group would include Hudgens. Franco will co-star as a drug and arms dealer who bails them out of jail."
James Franco selling guns! A Southerner who feeds off danger! If this doesn't have "Academy Award winner James Franco" written all over it, maybe I'm too stoned to read properly. It wouldn't be the first time this week I thought my eyes were deceiving me.
