James Franco revealed recently he will make his Broadway debut in a stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men

While promoting his film Oz the Great and Powerful on Colbert Report, Franco told the show's host, 'We're going to do Of Mice and Men on Broadway. I'm going to play George."

"George" refers to George Milton, Steinbeck's character who is a migrant ranch-worker looking for employment during the Great Depression alongside his friend Lennie Small, who has learning difficulties. The play first ran on Broadway in 1937 with Wallace Ford and Broderick Crawford playing Milton and Small respectively, according to the New York Post. Those roles were then revived in the 1974 adaptation by James Earl Jones and Kevin Conway. 

No further casting details have been revealed yet but Franco joked with Colbert by saying, "There's a character, Slim, we haven't cast yet. You could do it."

Of Mice and Men will be Franco's first full theatre production. In 2011, he was scheduled to appear with Nicole Kidman in a Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth but the production never happened, according to the Guardian. 

Franco is an Oscar-nominated actor, a published author, a college professor, director, producer and editor. 

Performance artist Marina Abramovic announced at the Independent Spirit Awards on Feb. 23 she is in early stages of creating her first film, which will answer the question "Who is James Franco?"

"I think he's the most interesting actor of the moment," she said. "Because he takes risks and when you take risks, you can fail. But he takes failure and risk all with the same intensity. He could just be another Hollywood actor... But he's crossing all kinds of borders and not always with great success. For him, process is more important than the result." 

"He hardly sleeps or has a life. He just keeps going," she added.