James Franco has officially added another project to his heaving slate: he'll join Winona Ryder in The Stare .
According to a report by Deadline, the Oscar-nominated actor will join Ryder in the first project from newly-founded production company Waterstone Entertainment.
The Stare casts Ryder as a troubled playwright suffering mental problems as she tries to launch her new production. She slowly starts to lose her grip on reality as she succumbs to paranoid thoughts about being watched and plotted against.
Franco is set to play one of the actors in the production. The film will no doubt draw comparisons to Black Swan , which also focused on the psychological strain of performance and multiple levels of reality.
Ryder has been making something of a slow and steady comeback of late, providing solid support in Star Trek and Black Swan , and she'll be lending her voice to upcoming Tim Burton animation Frankenweenie .
James Franco recently received an Oscar nod for his performance in 127 Hours , and he counts blockbusters Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Oz: The Great and Powerful among his upcoming projects.
