London Nov 18 (IANS) James Franco is reportedly in talks to join the " X-Men" universe as James Madrox aka Multiple Man.
The 39-year-old actor is in negotiations to play Multiple Man in a new standalone movie being developed by producer Simon Kinberg - who is currently working on X-Men: The Dark Phoenix The Hollywood Reporter said.
The film will reportedly be penned by « Wonder Woman » scribe Allan Heinberg and will be produced by Kinberg under his Genre Films label and Franco s Ramona Films.
Franco won t be the first actor to bring the character to the big screen with Eric Dane playing him in 2006 s « X-Men: The Last Stand » which was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Kinberg.
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