Rabbit Bandini Productions

Rabbit Bandini Productions
Company type	Private
Industry	Film, television
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Burbank, California, U.S.
Key people	James Franco; Vince Jolivette;

Rabbit Bandini Productions is a film and television production company founded in 2003 by actors/filmmakers James Franco and Vince Jolivette. The name comes from combining the titular hero from John Updike's Rabbit tetralogy with the hero of John Fante's Ask the Dust, Arturo Bandini.^[1] The logo consists of a crudely drawn rabbit as well as the company name.

Works

Recent credits include director Gia Coppola's drama Palo Alto and Franco's directorial adaptations of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy's Child of God and Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and The Sound and The Fury premiering at the 2014 Venice Film Festival.^[2]

Rabbit Bandini Productions has multiple projects in various stages of development. In production, In Dubious Battle, based on the Steinbeck book of the same name.^[3] The Adderall Diaries directed by Pamela Romanowsky, starring Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard and Christian Slater.^[4]

Completed in 2015 was Justin Kelly's directorial adaptation of the biopic I Am Michael, with Franco, Zachary Quinto and Emma Roberts and Zeroville directed by Franco, starring Megan Fox, Seth Rogen and Will Ferrell along with Franco.^[5]^[6] The company teamed up with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on The Disaster Artist, which is financed by Good Universe.^[7] In 2015, the company also produced "Actors Anonymous",^[8]^[9] a film funded by Sara Von Kienegger, in conjunction with students and the USC Film School.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title
TBA	Camp
	Kill the Czar
	The Long Home
	Poster Cellar
2019	Zeroville
2018	The Pretenders
2018	Future World
2017	I Think You're Totally Wrong
2017	The Disaster Artist
2016	Actors Anonymous
	King Cobra
	L.A. Series
2015	The Snow Men
	The Ultimate Evil
	The Adderall Diaries
	I Am Michael
	Yosemite
	Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
	A Walk in Winter
	Black Dog, Red Dog
	Holy Land
	In Dubious Battle
	Killing Animals
	Lockheed
	The Labyrinth
2014	Gucci Sunglasses
	Guests
	Memoria
2013	Bukowski
	Child of God
	Palo Alto
	As I Lay Dying
	The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts
	Interior. Leather Bar.
	Kink
	Acting Class
2012	The Color of Time
	Playhouse
	The Letter
	Spring Breakers
	The Iceman
	Maladies
	Hart Crane: An Exegesis
	Undergrads: South
	Melody Set Me Free
	Undergrads North
2011	Sal
2010	The Broken Tower
	Masculinity & Me
	The Clerk's Tale
	Shadows & Lies
	Saturday Night
	Herbert White
	Howl
	In Search of Ted Demme
2009	The Feast of Stephen
2007	Good Time Max
2005	Fool's Gold
2005	The Ape

Television

Year	Title
2017–2019	The Deuce

References

^ "What is James Franco Reading?". April 13, 2017.
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (September 1, 2014). "Hot Venice Clip: James Franco's 'The Sound And The Fury'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^ Kroll, Justin (January 30, 2015). "James Franco Assembles Cast for Adaptation of 'In Dubious Battle'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^ "The Adderall Diaries - Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
^ Debruge, Peter (January 25, 2015). "Sundance Film Review: 'I Am Michael'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^ "Casting Net: Megan Fox, James Franco lead 'Zeroville'". Entertainment Weekly. October 24, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^ "James Franco Plans To Enter 'The Room' With Behind-The-Scenes Movie". MTV. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
^ "Actors Anonymous". January 1, 2000. Retrieved January 10, 2017 – via IMDb.
^ "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos". Retrieved January 10, 2017.

External links

[1] "What is James Franco Reading?". April 13, 2017.

[2] Tartaglione, Nancy (September 1, 2014). "Hot Venice Clip: James Franco's 'The Sound And The Fury'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.

[3] Kroll, Justin (January 30, 2015). "James Franco Assembles Cast for Adaptation of 'In Dubious Battle'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.

[4] "The Adderall Diaries - Tribeca Film Festival". Tribeca. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

[5] Debruge, Peter (January 25, 2015). "Sundance Film Review: 'I Am Michael'". Retrieved January 10, 2017.

[6] "Casting Net: Megan Fox, James Franco lead 'Zeroville'". Entertainment Weekly. October 24, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2017.

[7] "James Franco Plans To Enter 'The Room' With Behind-The-Scenes Movie". MTV. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2017.

[8] "Actors Anonymous". January 1, 2000. Retrieved January 10, 2017 – via IMDb.

[9] "CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos". Retrieved January 10, 2017.

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