Veronica Mars and Zach Braff have proved that the public has an appetite for funding unfathomably wealthy celebrity's pet projects, so it was only a matter of time before more stars start bringing their film ideas to the public. Leading the charge is James Franco, who's looking to film a $500,000 trilogy about his high school years. Sure. Sounds great. To his credit, Franco is promising to donate any profit his films make to charity, so at least he's paying it all forward ... Discuss

CJ really wanted a job at the DreamWorks movie studios as a postproduction assistant. Back in 2011, he decided to get creative with the video portion of his resume and create a cleverly edited interview with DreamWorks co-founder Steven Spielberg to make it appear as if the world-famous director was giving the young film editor a very enthusiastic endorsement. The resulting video is pure YouTube gold. So, how did it work out for the ambitious young CJ? It turns out, DreamWorks doesn’t have much of a sense of humor. According to the video, he was banned for life from ever working there … Discuss

Poor 18-month-old Jaxson Denno was told—by his own mother, no less—that "Iron Man" was shooting a movie near his house and they were going to drive to the set to meet him. You can imagine young Jaxson's heartbreak upon meeting, not Iron Man, but some loser named Robert Downey Jr. instead. "He was fine as soon as he talked to him," Jaxson's mom assured People magazine ... Discuss