File this one under, “say what now?” but acclaimed Chinese director, Zhang Yimou may, or may not be, remaking the Coen brothers’ debut, Blood Simple. I really, really don’t know where to start on this one but I picked up the trail via /Film who picked it up via a site called Monkey Peaches. Apparenlty Yimou and his producer partner Zhang Weiping have scooped the rights to the Coen masterpiece with a view to relocating the action in both space and time to ancient China. The “remake” will be titled San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi which (I think) translates to Amazing Tales: Three Guns.

So- jealous, cuckolded husband + double crossings + kung fu? Bizarre. More when I have it.

Thanks to Bunnie for mailing me. 

Oscar dodger and long-time Coen movie composer, Carter Burwell, has been awarded a career achievement award by his peers at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers at the 24th Film and Television Music Awards gala, held at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night. He’s has worked on every single Coen brothers’ movie from Blood Simple (which was his debut) to the forthcoming A Serious Man.

So that’s nice for him, now all he needs is some worthy recognition from the Academy…