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With little over a month to go until Austin plays host to SXSW 2017 for another year, organizers of the annual showcase have announced that James Franco’s drama The Disaster Artist has been added to the stacked lineup.

Based on Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell’s non-fiction book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, Franco’s passion project is set to recount the infamous story behind The Room, Tommy Wiseau’s widely-derided pic that has since gone on to become something of a cult classic. No release date has been set, but we know that the feature will be written and directed by Franco, who stars as the eccentric Wiseau, and features a cast comprised of Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Ari Graynor, Jacki Weaver, and former Community star Alison Brie. Bryan Cranston and Zach Braff are among those set to cameo.

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Director Adam Mason (Blood River) will release his feature Pig to online audiences Saturday, April 17th @ 6pm Pst. Horror news sites Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, and Twitch Films will post the feature, which was partially shot in a "70 minute take" (Dread). Also reviewed at Dread Central, Pig has been described as being "really tough to sit through. Every time you think that it can't possibly go any further down the road of depravity, it does" (Dread). Films with continuous long takes include Snake Eyes (5-7 mins') with Nicholas Cage, Rope from director Alfred Hitchcock (10 mins'), Oldboy (5 mins') and apparently Children of Men (4-6 mins'). However, no film promises seventy minutes plus. So, fans will have to check out Pig this Saturday to see if Mason's film is still coherent with such a long shot. More details below.

The synopsis for Pig here:

"Together with frequent collaborator Andrew Howard, Mason has...