I reported a while ago that there was a rumour of acclaimed Chinese director, Zhang Yimou may be remaking the Coen brothers’ debut movie, Blood Simple. Well it seems it is indeed true. Shooting apparenlty began on 9th of June on the movie which is entitled ”San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi” which translates as “The Stunning Case of the Three Gun Shots”.

No plot details have been announced at all so I don’t know how closely it will mirror Blood Simple. I can’t see how “three gun shots” is relevant. Watch this space!

Spotted this in my RSS feed and thought it was nice. It’s a small article about the actors who have played parts in multiple Coen brothers movies, those that I call the Family Tree. 

File this one under rumour for the time being but the California Chronicle reckons that past Coen brothers stars Brad Pitt and George Clooney are going to to Duke (pun intended) it out for the John Wayne role in the Coen’s forthcoming remake/adaptation of True Grit.

Thanks to Bunnie for pointing this out.

Last Exit To Nowhere continue their awesome t-shirt range with a new Autobahn-inspired design. Autobahn, as I’m sure I don’t need to say, are the Nihlist’s Kraftwerk-alike band in The Big Lebowski.

The MPAA have revealed the rating for the Coen brothers’ next movie, A Serious Man. It will be rated R for language, some sexuality/nudity and brief violence.

So the usual smattering of cuss words and some shocking bursts of violence. Excellent.

The crazy adoration of The Big Lebowski continues. Head over to lebowskipainting.com and you can buy a poster, print or canvas version of a really very good Last Supper Lebowski parody. Far out man, far fucking out!

Also check out the site’s error page (just click on “forum” for example). Great stuff!

Thanks to JD for mailing this in.