The Bullblog has learned from two very reputable sources within the English department that James Franco, star of Milk, Pineapple Express and the Spider-Man movies, is coming to Yale for PhD in English after getting his MFA at Columbia. Our sources tell us he’ll be here starting in September, though lucky Yalies may see him around campus in the coming weeks for admitted students events. Franco was on campus earlier this academic year for a Berkeley College Master’s Tea, causing a huge commotion among the ladies, the gays and the soap-opera fans. Something tells me he won’t be on campus all that much, but if he does decide to do the typical grad student thing, GPSCY is bound to get a lot more popular.

Reached by phone, neither the English department nor the Graduate Admissions office could give comment. Dorie Baker from the Office of Public Affairs said in an e-mail, “I honestly never heard such a thing but if I had professional confidentiality would prevent me from telling you anyway.”

UPDATE: CrossCampus got Franco’s manager, Miles Levy, to go on the record about his attendance at Yale. Levy wouldn’t commit to Franco coming, but said Yale is his first choice.