Coens' 'True Grit' gets 2010 release date
Franck Tabouring
Good news for all fans of Joel and Ethan Coen! The super brothers' new film and remake "True Grit" will open Christmas Day this year, courtesy of Paramount Pictures. Thanks Paramount, you've made my day!
Jeff Bridges is on board to play a U.S. marshal who joins forces with a lawman (Matt Damon) and a 14-year-old girl to track down her dad's killer. Josh Brolin is playing the bad guy.
The Coens last directed "A Serious Man," a strange little film I had some trouble with but still ended up enjoying in a way. It's one of the films I have trouble analyzing, but at least it's one that sticks with me.
In related news, Paramount decided to cancel the June 18 release of the "Footloose" remake, which hit a bump when Kenny Ortega left the project because he wasn't happy with the way things were going.
Hey, who cares about "Footloose" anyway? All that matters is that we get to see a Coen flick this year. Yay to that, right?
Source: Variety
Reader Comments (2)
SHAME ON YOU FOR REMAKING A TRUE CLASSIC CANT HOLLYWOOD WRITERS COME UP WITH ANYTHING ON THIER OWN? WHATS NEXT THE WIZARD OF OZ?
Steve,
Fancy using the word 'shame' to describe this work of the Coen Bros. Just as many a great folk song has survived decades of repetition and reinterpretation, a good story is no different. Instead of denigrating the honest work of these two brothers in the retelling of this story (one that is probably not entirely original in and of itself), perhaps you might instead celebrate their result as an inspired 'retelling' of a real good yarn - just as story tellers used to do when they traveled from village to village and town to town in the old days before recording devices were even dreamed of. I for one take delight in the contrast between the the "Duke's" version and this new version of the same tale - and I will still happily view the old film on a rainy winter Sunday and appreciate it for what it still is - Which is the better? Who cares??? But it will make for a great discussion over a good red at my next dinner party. Cher Bro..