Emma Roberts joins James Franco's 'Michael'

Actress Emma Roberts is reteaming with her 'Palo Alto' co-star James Franco in 'Michael'.

Zachary Quinto will also join the film, which is about an anti-gay pastor who was once gay himself, Variety reported.

Quinto will play the former boyfriend of Franco's character while Roberts will play his girlfriend. C

Chris Zylka is attached to the film as another past love interest.

The script of the movie is based on 'My Ex-Gay Friend', a New York Times Magazine article by Benoit Denizet-Lewis about Michael Glatze, a Christian minister from Wyoming who was so entrenched in gay culture before he rejected his homosexuality, he founded a gay youth magazine.
 

Justin Kelly will direct the film Gus van Sant is the executive producer, along with Franco, Vince Jolivette, Michael Mendelsohn, Ron Singer and Scott Reed.