Trailer for TRUE STORY With James Franco and Jonah Hill
James Franco and Jonah Hill have a new movie coming out that is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festive next month, called True Story. The movie was directed by Rupert Goold, and the film is an adaption of journalist Michael Finkel‘s memoir that tells a story of mistaken identity and an investigation into falsified New York Times-published articles.
Hill plays Finkel, who learns that an FBI-wanted criminal named Christian Longo (Franco) used his identity before being captured. After Finkel gets fired from the New York Times for reportedly falsifying articles, he begins to talk to Longo which turns into and interesting relationship.
On-the-rise New York Times Magazine writer Michael Finkel receives troubling news from his editors that he is accused of falsifying part of an investigative piece on child laborers in Africa. Jobless and disgraced, Michael retreats from the city and falls into a depression. One day, he hears startling news that a fugitive accused of murdering his family was captured in Mexico claiming the identity of “Michael Finkel of The New York Times.” Intrigued by the story, he travels to interview the accused, identified as Christian Longo, to help save his name.
Rupert Goold’s shrewd first feature pits Jonah Hill against James Franco in a psychological cat-and-mouse game obscured by many “truths.” As the two calculating men share their stories in private, their similarities become clear while their motivations are less so. David Kajganich scripts Finkel’s memoir into a subtle portrait of an unlikely friendship.
True Story opens on April 10th, 2015.