James Franco Explains His New AOL Series ‘Making A Scene’ And Why It's Weird

James Franco is an actor, writer, producer and professor. His latest venture is a new AOL series called Making a Scene, which consists of 10 episodes that mash together famous movie scenes. James recently opened up about his new project and explained its origins.

The 36-year-old star explained that his new project was originally supposed to be an artistic way to put two films together to make one new one, but it quickly became a more humorous project. "We knew in the very least these would end up being weird," James told Variety. "They ended up being really funny - unintentionally."

In order to pick which movies would make the cut, James asked fans to submit ideas to his Twitter and Instagram. "They were all pretty famous scenes, but I was slightly surprised that there weren't any from movies earlier than the mid-70s," he told TV Line.

The oddest submission James revealed was Wayne's World. "It was mainly because Wayne's World already started as a comedic sketch, and it even sort of uses pastiche like we are. I thought, 'This might not work with what we're doing because they're already doing it.' So we just made it even more meta in a way," he explained to the publication. 

After choosing which films would be up for consideration, James left it to fate when it came to which movies would be mashed together or reworked into a new genre. The This is the End actor used a spinning wheel to decide which films to combine. "I liked this idea of giving up some control," James admitted to Variety.

The first four episodes of Making a Scene are now available on AOL. James stars in all of the episodes including, "BatJuice" which is a mix of Batman and Bettlejuice and "Here's Jimmy!" which makes The Shining into a romantic comedy. The other two episodes are "Silent Taxi Driver" which makes Taxi Driver into a silent movie and "Dirty Dancing Dogs" which mash Dirty Dancing with Reservoir Dogs together.

The Pineapple Express actor admitted that he would only change the amount of cursing in the final cuts of these new episodes. "When we were making these episodes, [AOL] asked me to do some versions without swearing, but it's never as funny," James told TV Line.

"It's like Seth Rogen - look at This Is the End, which was rated R, and look at Green Hornet, which was PG-13. It's like taking Seth's secret weapon away; if you can't swear, it's lame. What's the point? So I just went with it, and if they want to censor it, it's on them. They're making it less funny, I guess" he explained.

According to Variety, future episodes will include Grease, The Godfather, Titanic, Twilight, When Harry Met Sally and Wayne's World.