Lionel “Ray Ray” Williams, the man convicted of Sal Mineo’s murder, is campaigning for exoneration in a recent documentary, Unseen Innocence. Williams, who got a 51-year sentence in 1979, recently ...

Though the actor found success playing the late James Dean in a made-for-TV movie on TNT back in 2001, it looks like James Franco is interested in another star of the classic Rebel Without a Cause.

James Franco doesn't have a lot of down time lately. As a director, Franco has landed the lead for his next project, the Sal Mineo biopic tentatively titled Sal. Val Lauren will play Mineo, who is ...

James Franco has optioned the film rights to Sal Mineo: A Biography, written by Michael Gregg Michaud. According to THR, Franco intends to write and direct the film, but at this time has no plans to ...

This James Franco-directed drama documents the final days of Sal Mineo, the openly gay "Rebel Without a Cause" star who was stabbed to death near his apartment building in 1976. "Sal" debuted at the ...

James Franco has cast Val Lauren as the lead in his planned biopic of gay actor Sal Mineo. Lauren has mainly worked in television, appearing in shows such as CSI and Hawaii Five-0. Speaking to The ...

Salvatore Mineo Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his role as John "Plato" Crawford in the drama film Rebel Without a Cause ...

James Franco has found another, non-Franco actor to play the lead in his forthcoming, Franco-directed Sal Mineo biopic, bringing a swift end to our daydream of dueling Francos, a Franco divided ...

At the time of his 1976 murder, Sal Mineo was the rare celebrity to have publicly acknowledged his homosexuality, which might be why the killing was instantly engulfed in rumor-fueled scandal. In “Sal ...

Heart-throb James Franco steps behind the camera to recreate tragic star Sal Mineo’s final hours in a indie production premiering at the Venice Film Festival. By THR Staff Even ardent fans of ...

Two years after its Venice premiere, the biopic of the "Rebel Without a Cause" actor will get a VOD and theatrical debut. By Matt Patches James Franco is an independent film machine. The ...