All-around curiosity. And, now, defendant. Franco has been slapped with a copyright infringement lawsuit over a film about writer Charles Bukowski that he co-wrote and directed. In the lawsuit ...

and Franco, 39, of producing a “blatant rip-off” of a “Better Half,” a 2023 independent film written by Patrick Phelan and produced by Jess Jacklin and Charles Beale, which StudioFest ...