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. IANS