James Franco, Russell Crowe Blood Meridian adaptation scrapped
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Hollywood Keeps Trying to Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Unfilmable Novel
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Blood Meridian' Movie Set at New Regency from John Hillcoat – IndieWire
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James Franco Can't Make His 'Blood Meridian' Movie with Russell Crowe After All
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University of Texas Press: Adapting Cormac McCarthy: Tracking Blood from Page to Screen
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Plug Pulled On Russell Crowe-James Franco Blood Meridian Project
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