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    Zola twitter story in development for James Franco to direct

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    In this Nov. 18, 2015 file photo, actor James Franco attends the LA Premiere of "The Night Before" held at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    The Zola twitter story about a wild road trip to Florida that went viral late last year is in development to be turned into a feature film that actor James Franco will direct.

    Franco's publicist confirmed on Thursday reports that Franco, Andrew Neel and the production company Killer Films were working to adapt the Rolling Stone article about Aziah "Zola" Wells' 148-tweet account of the road trip with a stripper and her boyfriend and a pimp.

    Zola's story took the Internet by storm in October, captivating everyone from Ava DuVernay to Missy Elliott who both tweeted about the saga.

    Neel and Mike Roberts are writing the script. There is no cast or distributor set.

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    Saturday NFL draws larger audience than college games for rollout of 12-team playoff

    Thursday, December 26, 2024
    Penn State quarterback Drew Allar (15) throws a pass while being pressured by SMU defensive end Jahfari Harvey (6) during the first half in the first round of the NCAA College Football Playoff, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)

    A pair of Saturday NFL games drew a larger viewing audience than college football for the rollout of the sport's 12-team playoff.

    The playoff game between SMU and Penn State averaged 6.4 million viewers on TNT networks, compared with the Texans-Chiefs game on NBC, which averaged 15.5 million viewers.

    Later, Clemson-Texas drew 8.6 million viewers on TNT, compared with 15.4 million for Steelers-Ravens on Fox.

    ESPN, ABC and others aired the other two college games — Indiana-Notre Dame (13.4 million) on Friday night and Tennessee-Ohio State (14.3 million) on Saturday night. There were no competing NFL games.

    The overall average of 10.6 million viewers was higher than all but four college games this season.

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