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I have come across the script for the Coen brothers’ next movie, Inside Llewyn Davis! You can get hold of it here but get it while you can because the legal folk might demand that I take it down…
I’ve posted this in excitement before I’ve even read it myself. Enjoy.
Slash Film reckon that five time Coen collaborator, John Goodman has joined the cast of Inside Llewyn Davis, which would make it six appearances in the brothers’ movies, following turns in Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy (kinda!), The Big Lebowski and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (not forgetting his role in their stage-based “radio play” Sawbones, their section of Theater of the New Ear). I’m so pleased to see them returning to what was once their repertory company, and I hope for roles for John Turturro, Frances McDormand and Steve Buscemi too! But maybe I’m being greedy!
Also in the frame to join the cast (according to Empire) is one Justin Timberlake! I know, I know, but after his stellar turn in The Social Network, we can’t doubt his acting chops.
According to The Guardian, British actress Carey Mulligan has been cast in the Coen brothers’ forthcoming movie, Inside Llewyn Davis. She joins Oscar Isaac in the cast. The story also appears to confirm that shooting begins in February 2012.
Joel and Ethan Coen have created and are executive producing an hour long, single camera comedy series for TV called, HarveKarbo. The series will be written by Phil Johnson (Cedar Rapids) and follow Harve as he investigates the seedier side of celebrity Hollwood while also hanging out with fellow deadbeats in El Segundo. Brian Grazer, producer of True Grit, will be exec producing with the boys.
That’s pretty much all that’s fit to print at the moment but with American TV going from strength to strength over the last 5 or so years I am very jazzed about this!
Thanks to Navsit, Joshua and Stephane for letting me know.
According to Empire magazine via Variety Joel and Ethan Coen’s next movie will indeed be a musical biopic of sorts. To be titled, Inside Llewyn Davis it seems that the previously reported Dave Van Ronk movie might well have morphed into something quite different. StudioCanal are on board to part-finance the flick and Variety had this [very] brief synopsis;
“Llewyn” centers around Llewyn Davis’ struggles as a folk musician during the genre’s 1960s heyday in New York City”
More as and when it materialises.
I just stumbled upon these images on the intertubes and I’m not sure if they are official and final but, my oh my, they’re pretty…
Now, there are getting to be too many such things, but I think these two are simply brilliant and I would LOVE to have both hanging in my living room. Artist Joshua Budich is to thank for these great Big Lebowksi triptychs! Click on the images to zoom to Reelizer where you can check out higher resolution versions.
Several movie news sites have posted stories claiming that Joel and Ethan Coen are currently writing a script “loosely” based on the memoir of New York Greenwhich Village folk legend, Dave Van Ronk. The memoir, “The Mayor of MacDougal Street” was released a couple of years after Van Ronk’s death in 2002. He is credited with the discoveries of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell and was a political activist. Now, any regular reader or YKFK, will know that the Coen brothers write an awful lot so, for me, this doesn’t necessarily mean that this will be their next movie. Indeed, I’m still hoping for The Yiddish Policemen’s Union. However some of this is backed up by quotes made by the brothers during an hour-long discussion at the Lincoln Center event hosted at the Elinor Bunim Monroe Film Center in New York (video of whole discussion here);
“We’re working on a movie now that has music in it but it’s pretty much all performed live, single instrument…” – Joel.
Thanks to Derrick and Joshua for emailing me.
Another Coen brothers movie is making its way to hi-def beauty with Disney’s release of O Brother, Where Art Thou? scheduled for September 13th in the US and Canada. It will, of course, be in glorious 1080p but no word yet on the audio specs. The special features are simply those from the existing DVD release;
Roger Deakins’s cinematography coupled with the ground-breaking, full-screen colour treatment should make your hi-def TV really sing! Looking forward to this one!
On August 30th, 20th Century Fox are releasing the Coen Brothers Collection Blu-ray boxset comprising Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing and Fargo. Other than Fargo they are Blu-ray debutants. They will all be available separately and will contain the same special features as their DVD equivalents (links below will take you to the Amazon.com pre-order pages)…
Blood Simple: Director’s Cut —
Fargo —
