Ethan Coen News

August 31, 2011
Coen Brothers' Next Film Titled Inside Llewyn Davis
The plot ?centers around Llewyn Davis? struggles as a folk musician during the genre's 1960s heyday in New York City.? More...

June 27, 2011
Coen Brothers Planning Movie About Folk Singer Dave Van Ronk
They said their next project would involve music, and they weren't kidding. More...

June 13, 2011
Coen Brothers Drop Hints About Next Project
It'll have music in it. More...

February 4, 2011
Joel and Ethan Coen Talk Joel and Ethan Coen
As part of the Hollywood Reporter's "Year of the Screenwriter" celebration, Joel and Ethan Coen took part in a wide-ranging interview where they discussed their technique, inspirations, and more. More...

February 2, 2011
Cameron Diaz Joins Colin Firth in Gambit
Cameron Diaz will star opposite Colin Firth in the Coen brothers' upcoming remake of the 1966 heist flick "Gambit." More...

December 13, 2010
The Coen Brothers: True to True Grit
It may have seemed like a curious choice for the Coen brothers to bring "True Grit" back to the big screen, but as this New York Times profile of author Charles Portis illustrates, their style is perfectly suited to the text. More...

April 30, 2010
Doug Liman Could Take the Coens' Gambit
The Coen brothers have scripted a remake of the Shirley MacLaine/Michael Caine caper comedy "Gambit," and Doug Liman could end up directing it. More...

October 27, 2009
Matt Damon and Josh Brolin Sampling the Coen Brothers' True Grit
The Coen brothers' "True Grit" remake may pick up a pair of high-profile stars to go with Jeff Bridges: Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are both in talks to join the cast. More...

September 11, 2009
The Coens Like Jeff Bridges' True Grit
Proving that the Dude does indeed abide, Jeff Bridges is in talks to star in the Coen brothers' upcoming "True Grit" remake. More...

March 23, 2009
The Coen Brothers Have True Grit
For their next feature, the Coen brothers will helm a more faithful re-adaptation of Charles Portis' "True Grit" for Paramount -- one which Variety is calling "not a traditional remake." More...

September 11, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Pacino and De Niro Team Up For Action
Screen legends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino reunite almost 13 years after Heat and share significant screen time together this time around in Righteous Kill which leads a pack of four new releases on Friday that hope to revive a box office currently on life support. More...

August 22, 2008
Weekly Ketchup: Superman gets rebooted, Poltergeist gets remade
This week's Ketchup bottle has news about a Superman franchise reboot, and remakes of Poltergeist, Child's Play, and Highlander. More...

August 19, 2008
Coens Cast Duo for A Serious Man
We're still waiting for Burn After Reading, but the Coen brothers are already setting up their next project, A Serious Man, and have lined up Michael Stuhlbarg and Richard Kind as their leads. More...

June 19, 2008
Burn After Reading Gets a Poster
In a Cinematical exclusive, Focus has released the first poster for the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading. More...

May 30, 2008
Trailer(s) Bulletin: Burn After Reading, Zack and Miri Make a Porno
It's Friday, gang! What do you say we pull up our chairs in front of a pair of red band trailers as we bid the work week adieu? More...

April 28, 2008
Venice Film Festival Opening with Coens' Latest
The full schedule won't be announced until July, but the organizers of the Venice Film Festival have revealed that this year's lineup will be led by the Coen Brothers' Burn After Reading. More...

April 27, 2008
RT interview: Roger Deakins on No Country for Old Men
Cinematographer, Roger Deakins, comes out from behind the lens to discuss his long time collaboration with the Coen brothers and No Country for Old Men. More...

March 10, 2008
RT on DVD: Call It, Friend-O -- No Country For Old Men Hits DVD
The critically-acclaimed, Oscar-winning No Country For Old Men comes to DVD this week, accompanied by a litany of fellow Fresh films (Lake of Fire, Summer Palace, Dan in Real Life) as well as a gaggle of critical duds (Hitman, Bee Movie, August Rush, and more). More...

February 27, 2008
Our Favorite Moments From The 80th Academy Awards -- An Oscar Pictorial
We've selected some of our favorite moments from Hollywood's biggest night! Browse our gallery of gowns on the red carpet, winners onstage, and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the 80th Annual Academy Awards. More...

February 12, 2008
Coens' Next Project: The Yiddish Policemen's Union
After the extraordinary success of No Country for Old Men, the Coen Brothers are hitting the books again, this time adapting Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union. More...

January 28, 2008
There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men Top ASC, DGA Awards
Perhaps the ASC and DGA Awards aren't the flashiest ceremonies of the season, but being honored by one's peers is always a cause for celebration, so let's take a moment to congratulate Robert Elswit and Joel and Ethan Coen, shall we? More...

January 16, 2008
Charlize Theron Joins The Road's Gang
The Coen brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men has been a mainstay on critics' year-end best-of lists -- but that film's success was only part of an incredible 2007 for McCarthy. More...

January 14, 2008
And the Golden Globes Winners Are...
It was missing the glitz and glitter of previous years, but the 65th annual Golden Globes were held via press conference yesterday, with Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, and Sweeney Todd leading the crowd at two wins apiece. More...

January 11, 2008
Juno, No Country for Old Men Among Writers Guild Award Nominees
If there's one Hollywood awards ceremony that you'd think would be able to go off without a hitch this year, it'd be the Writers Guild Awards -- but you'd be wrong. More...

January 9, 2008
No Country for Old Men, Juno, There Will Be Blood Lead Critics' Choice Winners
In what seems destined to go down as one of the season's few strike-free awards shows, the Critics' Choice Awards were held on Monday. More...

December 19, 2007
No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood Top Critics' Lists in Toronto, San Diego, Austin
The parade of critics' year-end best-of lists continued yesterday, with panels in Toronto, San Diego, and Austin weighing in on their favorite films of 2007. More...

December 14, 2007
Atonement, Control Lead London Film Critics Noms
The London Critics Circle has announced the nominees for its year-end awards, with Anton Corbijn's Control and Joe Wright's Atonement leading the pack at eight nominations apiece. More...

December 13, 2007
Atonement Leads Golden Globe Nominations
The nominations for the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Did your favorite films, stars, and songs make the cut? More...

December 7, 2007
National Board Says No Country for Old Men Is 2007's Best Film
December 31 is just a few weeks away, and you know what that means -- 'tis the season for year-end lists and awards. More...

November 7, 2007
Total Recall: Welcome to Coen Brothers Country
Before expanding wide on November 21, No Country for Old Men (90 percent) will play in select cities this Friday riding a wave of huge expectations. The Cormac McCarthy-based thriller has made big splashes during festivals and it's touted as a major comeback for the Coen Brothers. What better time to look at the movies that have made the filmmaking siblings so popular? More...

August 29, 2007
Total Recall: Halloween Director Rob Zombie's Favorites
Under the "Hellbilly Deluxe" trappings, Rob Zombie is a true cinephile at heart: he's as likely to find inspiration in the works of Martin Scorsese and Sam Peckinpah as he is in the grimy world of low-rent 1970s drive-in fare. True, Zombie looks to the dark side for inspiration, but he's also informed by works with gallows humor. More...

May 28, 2007
Van Sant, Romanian Drama, Joy Division Pic Nab Cannes Honors
Gus Van Sant, a Romanian abortion drama, and a biopic about the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis led awardees in the South of France as the 60th Cannes Film Festival came to a close last weekend. More...

May 18, 2007
Cannes: Coen Brothers Are Back With "No Country For Old Men"
Good news for fans of "The Big Lebowski," "Blood Simple," and "Fargo": the Coen Brothers have returned to form with "No Country For Old Men," which debuted today at Cannes. More...

February 2, 2006
Coens Aim to Tackle New "Country"
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joel & Ethan Coen's next film will be an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "No Country for Old Men." Word is that Tommy Lee Jones will play one of the old men. More...

September 7, 2005
Clooney & Coens to Reunite for "Hail Caesar"
Apparently the latest issue of Vogue Magazine is being credited with the scoop, but fansite CoenBrothers.net broke the news about two months ago: George Clooney plans to reunite with Joel & Ethan Coen on the period comedy "Hail Caesar," which "will follow a troupe of theater actors in the 1920's putting on a play about ancient Rome." More...