Tommy Wiseau

If you missed out on the cult phenomenon that is The Room, fear not: A24 is here to ensure that you are fully schooled on Tommy Wiseau’s disasterpiece and thus better able to appreciate James Franco in The Disaster Artist. The studio is hosting screenings of The Room nationwide next week, and the best part? They’re free. Better still? Those who attend the screenings will receive invites to early screenings of The Disaster Artist, too.

Tommy Wiseau used to advertise his notorious flop with a billboard on Highland Avenue. Now James Franco is using it to advertise his movie about ‘The Room.’

James Franco plays Tommy Wiseau in this hilarious and touching comedy about the making of the cult classic film ‘The Room.’

The Disaster Artist premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last night (we’ll have a full review later), and while you won’t be able to see James Franco’s ode to mercurial filmmaker Tommy Wiseau until December, you can watch this great new trailer courtesy of A24. The star-studded film (featuring pretty much every actor you expect to see in a movie with Franco and Seth Rogen) already has a lot of positive buzz, and although it probably won’t earn any Oscars (well, maybe?), its awards season release date doesn’t feel all that strange.

One of the biggest hits at this year’s SXSW Film Festival was also one of the most pleasant surprises: The Disaster Artist, James Franco’s new film based on Greg Sestero’s book of the same name, which recounts the making of 2003’s The Room. In addition to directing, Franco stars in the film as Tommy Wiseau, the eccentric (to say the least) filmmaker behind the so-bad-it-might-be-genius cult favorite. While many have praised The Disaster Artist as a weirdly touching love letter to filmmaking, there’s arguably only one opinion that really matters: That of Wiseau himself.