Coens' 'True Grit' gets 2010 release date

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.

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Matt Damon, Josh Brolin to join 'True Grit'

Joel and Ethan Coen are known for working with great actors, and the cast for their next film "True Grit" is getting better and better. The latest to join the Paramount project: Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.

Variety says Damon and Brolin are in talks to join Jeff Briges in the Coen's new version of the 1969 Western based on the book by Charles Portis. The film heads into prod soon and will open next year.

Bridges is on board to play a U.S. marshal who joins forces with a lawman (Damon) and a 14-year-old girl to track down her dad's killer. Brolin would play the bad man. The Coens also penned the screenplay.

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Four clips from the Coens' 'A Serious Man'

Ethan and Joel Coen are back in action, and their latest creation is a comedy titled "A Serious Man." Four brand-new clips have popped on the Web recently, and you can check out the embeds after the jump.

"Man" centers on a guy named Larry Gopnik, a physics professor whose life starts to fall apart when his wife decides to leave him, his lazy brother refuses to move out, his son has problems at school, and his daughter is trying to get a nose job.

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Trailer for Coen's 'Serious Man' is intriguing

Ethan and Joel Coen are back in action, and their latest creation is a comedy entitled "A Serious Man." A first trailer for the film is now online, and as you can see below, it looks both funny and intriguing.

"Man" centers on a guy named Larry Gopnik, a physics professor whose life starts to fall apart when his wife decides to leave him, his lazy brother refuses to move out, his son has problems at school, and his daughter is trying to get a nose job.

Oh, many more things will happen to Larry in the film, and I can't wait to meet this guy and his misadventure on the big screen. Like I mentioned above, this one looks incredibly awkward yet very interesting as well.

Michael Stuhlbarg, Simon Helberg, Richard Kind, Adam Arkin, George Wyner, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus and Aaron Wolff star. Watch for "A Serious Man" in theaters this October.

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Box Office: Coen brothers burn Tyler Perry

By Franck Tabouring
Weekend of September 12 – 14, 2008

Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading” beat Tyler Perry at the North American box office this weekend with $19.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt and John Malkovich, the crime comedy delivered the best opening ever for a Coen brothers film, surpassing the $12.6 million earned by “The Ladykillers” in 2004.

Tyler Perry’s “The Family That Preys debuted in second place with $18 million, which is less than the opening weekend grosses of his previous films “Meet the Browns” ($20 million) and “Why Did I Get Married?” ($21.3 million).

Meanwhile, Jon Avnet’s crime drama “Righteous Kill” opened at No. 3 with $16.5 million. Starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, the film follows two veteran NYPD detectives struggling to hunt down a mysterious serial killer.

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Review: "Burn After Reading"

Seen on: September 12, 2008

The players: Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Cast: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins

Extra thought: I'd say the style of "Burn After Reading" comes close to that of "The Ladykillers" and "Intolerable Cruelty."

The plot: Two gym employees try to get rich after accidentally stumbling across the classified files of a CIA analyst.

Our quick thoughts: After taking home four Oscars and countless other wins around the world with last year’s spectacular “No Country For Old Men,” Joel and Ethan Coen now return with something a little lighter and a lot sillier. “Burn After Reading” is definitely not their best comedy yet, but the film’s bizarre plot and eccentric characters definitely make for a funny ride.

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Adam Arkin is a ‘Serious Man’

Adam Arkin is the latest to join Ethan and Joel Coen’s upcoming comedy “A Serious Man,” according to Variety.

Set in 1967, the film follows Larry Gopnik, a professor whose life starts to break apart when his wife plans to leave him and his incompetent brother refuses to move out.

Michael Stuhlbarg and Richard Kind already boarded the project, which is currently filming in Minnesota.

At this stage, we really don’t know anything about the role of Arkin, who is known best for playing Dr. Aaron Shutt on television’s “Chicago Hope.” Arkin also stars in several episodes of “Life.”

Joel and Ethan Coen also wrote the script for “A Serious Men.” Their latest comedy, “Burn After Reading,” is currently showing in theaters.

'Burn After Reading' web reviews

Joel and Ethan Coen are finally back in action, and while I have not had the chance yet to see "Burn After Reading," I have to admit I am really looking forward to it. Starring Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney and John Malkovich, among others, this silly comedy centers on two gym teachers who stumble across and then try to sell a CIA agent's secret memoirs. Let's see what the online film fans have to say about it:

• Josh Tyler at Cinema Blend: "More than anything, Burn feels like the Coen brothers trying to re-create the lightning in a bottle magic of The Big Lebowski by taking a scattershot approach to comedy writing."

• Cinematical's Kim Voynar: "The Coens intertwine all these separate lives into one piece of storytelling that's quickly paced, twisted and often laugh-out-loud funny."

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Watch seven new 'Burn After Reading' clips

As you may have heard already, Joel and Ethan Coen's crime comedy "Burn After Reading" successfully premiered Wednesday at the 65th Venice Film Festival. Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and John Malkovich, the plot follows two gym teachers who accidentally stumble across and then try to sell a disc containing the memoirs of a CIA agent.

Yahoo! recently posted several new clips from the upcoming film, which is scheduled to open Sept. 12, 2008. You can check out the footage below. Enjoy. 

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‘Burn After Reading’ opens Venice Film Festival

Ethan and Joel Coen’s crime comedy “Burn After Reading” opened the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival Wednesday, with George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand taking over the red carpet for the premiere.

The film follows two gym teachers who accidentally stumble across and then try to sell a disc containing the memoirs of a CIA agent. John Malkovich, J.K. Simmons and Richard Jenkins co-star.

"The film talks about some incredibly idiotic people who do some really stupid things," Clooney told reporters at the film’s press conference.

Variety reports the “Michael Clayton” star also rescued Pitt from a horde of questions about fatherhood. You can read all about that by clicking right here.

But talking about the film, the Coens said, “We did a spy movie because we hadn't done one before. We could have done a dog movie or an outer space movie, but we ended up doing this.”

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