Date 01/12/2017 - News People
James Franco is set to produce and star in a film based on Lisa Rogak?s book about the life of songwriter, cartoonist, and children?s author Shel Silverstein. According to a synopsis, the movie, titled "A Boy Named Shel," follows Silverstein through a life ?with an incurable case of wanderlust.? Silverstein, who passed away in 1999 at the age of 68, wrote several famous works of children?s literature, including 'The Giving Tree' 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' and 'Falling Up'. In addition, he also received an Academy Award nomination in the 1990s for writing the original song ?I?m Checkin? Out? for the film 'Postcards From the Edge'.
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