Franco to direct 'Child Of God'

London: Actor James Franco is all set to direct 'Child of God', a film based on Cormac McCarthy's novel.

'Child of God' follows a recently-released convict who lives outside of normal society in a cave in the hills of East Tennessee and engages in necrophilia and other acts of "crime and degradation", contactmusic.com reports.

"We shot a 20-minute test of it that turned out pretty well, we were gearing up to do the feature but that for various reasons it's on hold, but we are going to make a movie based on his Cormac McCarthy's third book 'Child Of God'," said Franco.

While, Franco is currently working on two documentaries, one about his time on US soap 'General Hospital' and the other about a porn website.