The Dude looks MEAN!!!

IMDB has four fantastic looking character posters from True Grit. They’re basically the same images from the earlier poster but not combined. Things are really ramping up now and I’m getting very, very excited…

Jeff Bridges is Rooster Cogburn…

Hailee Steinfeld is Mattie Ross…

Matt Damon is LeBoeuf…

Josh Brolin is Tom Chaney…

Thanks to Navid for pointing these out.

Paramount Pictures have released four new still images from the Coen’s forthcoming adaptation of  True Grit.

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I love the bear man!

Paramount Pictures have released the first official picture from the Coen brother’s forthcoming adaptation of the Charles Portis novel, True Grit. It shows Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn complete with eye patch and the young Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross.

I’m really, really excited about this movie!

Thanks to Blake for sending it in!

Not much more to say on this really but here’s the first photo (I’ve seen anyway) of Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn wearing the famous eye patch, from the set of the Coen brothers’ next movie, True Grit! Also below is perhaps the best look at newcomer Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross. Having read the book I’m still surprised by how smart the Coen’s version of Rooster looks. Quite dapper for an alcoholic cowboy…

I found the photos Blanco County News where there are more on set shots.

According to this on set report the Granger, Texas location for the Coen brothers’ True Grit is costing an eye-watering $23,000 per MINUTE to run! From what I’ve seen of it so far, it might prove to me money well spent. The report also has 20 photos and some video clips of the movie being made, one of which shows Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) and Yarnell arriving in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Last week it was nothing more than rumour but now Variety have confirmed that 13 year-old newcomer, Hailee Steinfeld has been plucked from the 15,000 girls who auditioned, and has been cast in the coveted role of Mattie Ross in the Coen brothers’ forthcoming True Grit. The movie starts shooting next month and she’ll star alongside Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.

Well done to her!

It seems the Coen brothers might be struggling to fill the role of Mattie Ross in their forthcoming adaptation of True Grit. Hopeful candidates can now send the casting crew a self-recorded audition via a special website set up especially for this one role.

So, if you’re a 12-14 year-old girl and you’re sassy, what are you waiting for? Head on over to the following site for a scene example and further details…

http://www.truegritcasting.com/index.html

Long time YKFK reader Bunnie has been in touch with me once again. She’s managed to track down further details of that True Grit casting call. The call is actually for the lead role and focus of the adaptation- the 14 year-old girl, Mattie Ross, whose father has been killed in the story. The session will take place from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Homewood Suites, 5320 W. Loop 289. They are seeking a white girl between the ages of 12 and 16 and the publicity states;

“We are looking for a Caucasian girl who is tough, strong and tells it like it is. We are open to all looks. 14-year-old Mattie is a simple, tough-as-nails young woman. Her steely nerves and straightforward manner are a shocking contrast to the way women behaved in the early century. She is possessed of true grit and plenty of determination, enough so that she insists on going with two marshals to hunt down the killer of her father.”

More information here.

Thanks again to Bunnie!