The 1957 obscenity trial surrounding one of the Beat Generation's most acclaimed poets, Allen Ginsberg, is set to go in front of cameras with James Franco in the lead for Werc Werk Works and Telling Pictures. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman handle the directing duties on their own script, with Gus Van Sant executive producing. Mary-Louise Parker, David Strathairn, and Jeff Daniels lead up the supporting cast. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide