Coens' Next Project: The Yiddish Policemen's Union

An adaptation of the Michael Chabon novel.

by Alex Vo | Tuesday, Feb. 12 2008

Michael Chabon'

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

A Serious Man

Set in an alternate America where Jews have taken refuge in an Alaskan district after the collapse of Israel in 1948, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a noir which follows detective Meyer Landsman as he attempts solving a murder, untangling a conspiracy, and generally reassembling his shambled life. This is the fourth Chabon novel to be adapted for the big screen, following Wonder Boys and the upcoming The Adventures of Kavalier of Clay and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.

Joel and Ethan Coen's next film, Burn After Reading, starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, will be released September 26. A Serious Man is slated for 2009 release, with Policemen's Union sometime after that.

jarek on 02-12-2008 11:59 AM

Is that the DVD cover for NCFOM? Why do the designs so often suffer in trasition from the theatrical poster to DVD? The original poster is great, why do we need the classic star-head lineup?

Alex Vo on 02-12-2008 12:02 PM

I was thinking the same thing. Chigurh looks like Kuato.

Oblivioncry on 02-12-2008 12:06 PM

adn the font sucks.....

after seeing fargo, lebowski, NCFOM i have really high hoped for their upcoming films

makeaneffortfilms on 02-12-2008 01:20 PM

And, why do they always place one of the leading actors name under one of the other leading actors face on the poster.

rsav1976 on 02-12-2008 01:26 PM

That looks to be a patchwork dvd cover, not the actual one.

Anyway, this new film sounds promising. I haven't heard much about his other 2 films mentioned. The older Romance and Cigarettes, penned by the Coens, finally came out on DVD today as well, so I'm looking forward to watching that this week.

MaxFisher14 on 02-12-2008 01:45 PM

I LOVE THE COENS AND MICHAEL CHABON! IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

the moviegoer's critic on 02-12-2008 02:49 PM

What happened with that western they were talking about with "some of the most gruesome torture scenes ever.... one of which including a chicken..." By the way, that isn't a joke, they actually said that was their next one

the moviegoer's critic on 02-12-2008 02:50 PM

korsyn01 on 02-12-2008 03:10 PM

ugh, so annoying when they completely mix up the names and faces of actors. Now we are going to be subject to so many people going "How good was Josh Brolin in NCFOM, he played the coolest sherrif!!!1 lolz"

*sigh*

Relapse on 02-12-2008 06:03 PM

The Martians love Kuato. They think he's f****n' George Washington.

~*Admiral Snowstorm*~ on 02-12-2008 06:21 PM

My faith in the Coens is restored. As we've seen, they can stumble from time to time, but No Country for Old Men is proof that they still have talent left. My hopes will remain high unless I'm given good reason not to expect much (which I doubt).

Product_of_You on 02-12-2008 11:48 PM

I think the typeface for the cover is great. And the reason for the name switchup is because Tommy Lee Jones is the biggest name and therefore warrants top billing. Stars actually have this type of stuff in their contract in case you didn't know (such as how certain names get 'single card' titles, meaning that their name appears by itself in the opening credits; and the really huge names come before the title of the movie). Anyway to continue; and they are on opposite ends because of the positioning of the picture, if you reversed it the framing would look weird. But still, in my opinion I think its sloppy work to do this. Surely some other angled shots of the actors could have been found.

Weed17 on 02-13-2008 05:15 AM

yeh n i dont think neones gonna confuse brolin with tommy lee jones .. every1 knws tommy lee jones ... the fugitive was awesum after all ...

brian h. on 05-14-2010 02:30 PM

I recommend you read the book before this movie comes out. It's brilliant. But so are the Coens. I'm so looking forward to this movie, I feel like a kid before Christmas.

Melanie M. on 04-20-2011 06:48 PM

Anyone know what's happening with this movie? I've been trying to find current info on it, but there is no IMdB entry and all the articles that talk about the YPU movie are all a few years old.

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