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James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for appearing in films such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He frequently collaborates with fellow actor Seth Rogen, including in Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's first prominent acting role was on television. He starred as Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He portrayed the title character in the television biographical film James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award and received nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award. Franco also had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series 11.22.63 (2016). He starred in the David Simon-created HBO drama The Deuce (2017–2019).

In the epic sci-fi retelling of the story of the Power Rangers, former Red Ranger Zordon crashed to Earth many millennia ago trying to escape the evil Rita Repulsa and her dark master, Lord Zedd. Horribly injured, Zordon slumbered for many of the years he was on Earth, while his robotic companion, Alpha-5, kept watch over their ship. In the present day, Rita has been freed from the prison she was forced into, and now want revenge on Zordon for what he did, as well as a complete conquest of Earth. Desperate for help, as he is physically unable to fight her himself, Zordon recruits five teenagers in hopes that they will step up and become the next generation of Power Rangers, set to protect Earth at all costs.

