James Franco Playing Ex-Gay Pastor in 'Michael'

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Justin Kelly Teams With James Franco, Gus Van Sant For ‘Michael’ By MIKE FLEMING JR Justin Kelly, a protege of Gus Van Sant, has set a summer start date for Michael , a film that will star James Franco in a film that’s based on the Benoit Denizet-Lewis article My Ex-Gay Friend, published in The New York Times Magazine. While there have been some gay empowerment-themed films cropping up (Van Sant and Franco did Milk together), this one takes the opposite track. Franco is playing the title character, a gay activist who, after enduring years of taunts and struggle, becomes an anti-gay Christian pastor. Kelly, who’s repped by Gotham Group and attorney Peter Nichols, wrote the script. Franco, Vince Jolivette, Scott Reed, Ron Singer and Joel Michaely will produce, while Van Sant is exec producer.