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James Franco has signed on to play the lead in 2 pics

Deadline reports Franco will be messing around with those "damn dirty apes" for Rupert Wyatt’s Planet Of The Apes origin story, The Rise Of The Apes.

The film revolves around a scientist (Franco) dealing with the aftermath of genetic experiments on apes and monkeys in San Francisco. Turns out the apes are starting to behave more and more human-like and start a revolution.

Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa (Eye for an Eye, The Relic) wrote the screenplay

The production team have has hired Weta Digital to create fully CG apes. Pre-production is happening right now.

The pic start shooting on 5th July. The release date has been set as June 24th, 2011.

Next is the comedy "Ricky Stinicky" reports Movieline.

The story follows three male friends who use an invented friend named Ricky Stanicky over the past two decades as an excuse to explain their way out of sticky situations.

When their spouses finally demand to meet Stanicky, they hire an actor (Franco) to portray him.

Jeff Bushell ("Beverly Hills Chihuahua") wrote the script.

Michael de Luca and John Jacobs will produce.

If that were not enough he will return to the daytime soap General Hospital this summer