James Franco Goes Creepy as Emma Roberts' Soccer Coach in Palo Alto Trailer—Watch!

James Franco's going back to his roots.

The trailer for Palo Alto, based on the actor's collection of short stories, is online (via Vulture) and finds Franco starring as a soccer coach who initiates a relationship—and quite possibly a lot of trouble—with youngster Emma Roberts.

"I'm older and I know that there aren't a lot of good things around and I know that you are really good," the 35-year-old actor's creepy character, Mr. B, tells his much-younger star player in the brief teaser.

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Beyond Mr. B's creepy come-on to his team's striker, there's more to the tale than that. The film also follows a bunch of high school boys "looking for trouble," as a title card notes, apparently by doing whippets and committing other teenage mischief.

The film, adapted and directed by Gia Coppola—yes, the 25-year-old granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola—feels like a tribute to her filmmaking aunt, Sofia Coppola, with its lilting musical score and montage of fresh-faced young people living out privileged lives in this wealthy suburb.

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Val Kilmer shows up as a teacher, possibly not as bad a one as Franco's character—though he does go to the trouble of rewriting Roberts' character's paper—as does Gia's great aunt, Talia Shire, in an unspecified role. Playing one of the teens in the ensemble, by the way, is Kilmer's 18-year-old son Jack, who bears a close resemblance to the Top Gunner.

Palo Alto is scheduled to premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. No word yet on a general release.

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Emma Roberts Arrested After Fight With Boyfriend Evan Peters

by Natalie Finn and Holly Passalaqua Tue., Jul. 16, 2013 5:03 PM PDT

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Here it seemed as if the biggest Emma Roberts news of the day would be her going back to blond.

The Adult World star was arrested July 7 in Montreal after authorities were called to the hotel room she was sharing with boyfriend Evan Peters and found both with injuries, law enforcement sources tell E! News.

Montreal Police received a call at around 2 a.m. from another guest at the hotel reporting a conflict in a nearby room.

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Based on witness statements, Roberts was arrested. She was later released without incident and no charges were filed, sources say.

"It was an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding. Ms. Roberts was released after questioning and the couple are working together to move past it," reps for the actors tell E! News in a joint statement.

Meanwhile, a source tells E! that the oft-cuddly couple are still together.

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While Peters' only tweet since the incident has been a photo of a Starbucks drink labeled "Kevin" instead of Evan, he tweeted June 26, "Ripping it up at cars land with the love of my life @robertsemma." 

She, however, has been tweeting up a storm since, her latest coming this afternoon: "Thank you @delta for the worst travel experience! But so happy to finally get here."

Roberts and Peters have been an item at least since Valentine's Day, when they were spotted making out during a screening of Safe Haven at The Grove in L.A.

In addition to starring in Adult World together, Roberts will be appearing on the upcoming third season of American Horror Story (this installment is creepily subtitled Coven) with Peters.

—Additional reporting by Baker Machado

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