James Franco gets record deal

James Franco’s band has signed a record deal.

The ‘127 Hours’ actor’s band Daddy – which also features multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Keefe – has been snapped up by Kobalt and will release a The Smiths-inspired album and film in 2016.

James and Tim said of the news:  »We are really excited to partner with Kobalt on our upcoming Daddy album and film.

 »Kobalt has the right forward-thinking approach to work with a project as unique as ours, where we see our work not only existing within the music realm, but extending into the film, art space and beyond on an independent basis. »

The album will be titled ‘Let Me Get What I Want’ in reference to The Smiths’ 1984 song ‘Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want’ and will feature the band’s bassist Andy Rourke on every track.

The 37-year-old star has previously penned numerous poems influenced by the Salford-based band’s songs which will form the basis for the new music.

And the accompanying movie will be created by each track’s video being put together to form an hour-long art film.

James has previously praised frontman Morrissey for inspiring his own creativity.

He said:  »The Smiths’ songs provided inspiration for the poems, lending tone and situation.

 »I originally wrote this sequence as a way to use one medium (music) to influence another one (poetry)… [But] once I had the sequence, Tim and I took the material one step further and turned the poems inspired by songs back into songs of their own. »