Zach Braff

James Franco wants you! Well, he wants your money anyway. Like his Oz: The Great And Powerful costar Zach Braff , James has decided to try crowdfunding his pet project. Unlike Zach, who could have gotten the money the traditional way after his success with Garden State , James’ project is a little riskier for traditional backers. First, he’s not even going to be behind the lens of the trilogy of films based on his book Palo Alto . He’s giving some handpicked NYU film students a shot at it...Read Full Story

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May 16, 2013 6:37 Saul Berenson actor signs up to play Braff's father Buy DVD and Blu-ray from Amazon UK Homeland star Mandy Patinkin has joined the cast of Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff's follow-up to Garden State. Braff launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the film on April 24 and just three days later he hit his $2 million (1.3 million) target. As of today (May 16), over $2.6 million (£1.7 million) has been pledged by around 38,000 backers. As well as directing the film and co...Read Full Story

Remember that time when you, the public, decided to give Millionaire Playboy Zach Braff $2.6 million of your peasant dollars so that he could make a movie about a sad white man having an existential crisis? And I was like, “Oh my god, Public, why are you even doing that? He has way more money than you and lives in an opulent “farmhouse in the sky!”?But you decided to give Zach Braff your pin money, because you felt that the world needed another movie about a sad white dude who is sad about...Read Full Story

She's Zach Braff's wifeWith his funding now in place, Garden State writer/director Zach Braff is ploughing ahead with his Kickstarter-aided new film Wish I Was Here. He’s deep in casting mode, and is now adding Kate Hudson to the movie.Braff will star (much as he did with State) as Aidan Bloom, a struggling 35-year-old actor who is having trouble finding his identity and providing for his family. He and his wife (Hudson) are struggling financially and when his father (Mandy Patinkin) falls...Read Full Story