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James Franco is adapting novel "Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey" from "Fight Club" author Chuck Palahniuk. He is eying to play the main character named Buster "Rant" Casey, the leader of an urban demolition derby. Pamela Romanowsky is in talks to write and direct the pic.

"As of last night we've finalized a deal for James Franco to option my novel 'Rant'," Palahniuk said in a statement. "Details about the casting, shooting and a proposed release date will be forthcoming. Hurray. After the opportunity to work with Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Sam Rockwell, I can't imagine a more exciting actor to work with than Franco."

Buster Casey is described as the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, he moves from his small town home to the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. He will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life.