James Franco to Buy Unaired Footage From Filmmaker Bankruptcy

Aug. 14, 2025, 8:33 PM UTC

Actor James Franco struck a deal with a bankruptcy trustee to buy the uncut footage of a never-aired documentary about him for a “significant” sum.

Franco and his production company would buy the rights and more than 200 hours of footage of “Franco. A Documentary,” according to a motion to approve the deal filed Thursday by Orchid Child Productions LLC’s bankruptcy trustee in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.

The proposed settlement for an undisclosed sum would end a long-running fight between “The Disaster Artist” actor over the footage, and comes after a May report from ...

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