James Franco to Play World's Handsomest Serial Killer 10.91K Adrian Chen 01/16/11 01:33PM Filed to: Movies Movies James Franco Defamer Richard Ramirez Murders Crime Gettypic James Franco is directing and starring in a new film about serial killer Richard Ramirez, who was convicted of 13 murders after a 1985 rampage. We have doubts about this, unless Ramirez killed his victims by throwing phones at them.