Val Lauren (pictured left) joins the tentatively titled "Sal," which tells the story of the enigmatic actor best known for his appearance opposite James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause." By Daniel ...

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 ...

On the night of February 12, 1976, actor Sal Mineo returned home following a rehearsal for the play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. After parking his car in the carport below his West Hollywood apartment, the ...

Near the climax of “Rebel Without a Cause,” three angst-filled adolescents played by James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo take refuge in an abandoned mansion. As Dean reclines on an old couch, Mineo ...

James Franco knows a thing or two about being a teen idol. So perhaps it's no surprise he's making a film about one. The trailer for "Sal," the 35-year-old actor-director's low-budget biopic on the ...

Then there’s Sal, the least high-profile of his current projects, but in some ways the most personal. The film, which chronicles the last day of Rebel Without a Cause actor Sal Mineo’s life, touches ...

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 ...

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.

It's hard to imagine a more natural subject for a biopic than Sal Mineo. The Bronx-born son of an immigrant coffin-maker, Mineo earned two Oscar nominations — alongside mentor James Dean in Rebel ...

Actor Sal Mineo, 37, was tragically stabbed to death outside his West Hollywood apartment 40 years ago on Feb. 12, 1976. Salvatore Mineo was raised by Sicilian immigrant parents in an obscure New York ...

James Franco knows a thing or two about being a teen idol. So perhaps it's no surprise he's making a film about one. The trailer for "Sal," the 35-year-old actor-director's low-budget biopic on the ...