Jack Black Sings Praises Of Charlie Kaufman's 'Frank Or Francis'

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When we think of actors most likely to be in a musical, [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/163196/personmain.jhtml"]Jack Black[/url], [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/9677/personmain.jhtml"]Steve Carell[/url], [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/9067/personmain.jhtml"]Nicholas Cage[/url], [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/34194/personmain.jhtml"]Kevin Kline[/url] and [url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/person/256876/personmain.jhtml"]Elizabeth Banks[/url] don't initially come to mind, but a musical is exactly the project they've all signed on for.

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Charlie Kaufman's new comedy "[url="http://www.mtv.com/movies/movie/484920/moviemain.jhtml"]Frank or Francis[/url]" is a satire of Hollywood that follows a rivalry between director Frank (Carell) and online blogger Francis (Black) brought on by a series of bad reviews. Banks plays a celebrated actress involved in a love affair with Frank, Cage is "The Emcee," an actor famous for his movie ideas, and Kline plays a director with the world's highest grossing film in his repertoire.

When MTV News' Josh Horowitz caught up with Black at CinemaCon 2012, the actor revealed the film is a musical with an "incredible script."



"[The script is] under lock and key. It is a musical," Black shared. "I will be singing. Everyone will be in fact. If you're in that movie you will be singing. There's no just regular talking it's all [singing]."

That's usually what a musical is, right? But it seems Black got a little carried away. "That might not be the case," he continued. "Don't quote me on that."

Too late.

"Erase that part. I gotta go back and read the script again. Maybe there is some regular talking mixed in. In fact, there is," he finished.

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