LOL!!
Think about his poor horse :(
Posted on 03/24/2009 8:48:48 AM PDT by Reaganesque
As their next film, Joel and Ethan Coen will put their spin on "True Grit," the iconic Western that won an Oscar.
Not a traditional remake, the Paramount film will be more faithful to the Charles Portis book than the 1969 pic, also distributed by Par.
Portis' novel is about a 14-year-old girl who, along with an aging U.S. marshal and another lawman, tracks her father's killer in hostile Indian territory.
But while the original film was a showcase for Wayne, the Coens' version will tell the tale from the girl's p.o.v.
Pic will be their first period Oater.
Project reteams the brothers with Scott Rudin, their partner on the Oscar-winning "No Country for Old Men." The Coens wrote the screenplay.
The original starred as the teen, Wayne and as the lawmen, Jeff Corey as the killer and featured and Dennis Hopper as fellow outlaws.
"True Grit" originated at DreamWorks when that company was Par-based, but it was one of the projects that Stacey Snider and Steven Spielberg left behind since the original is part of the Paramount film library. Former DreamWorks prexy , now a Par exec, is steering the project for the studio.
The Western steps in front of another novel adaptation the Coens have with Rudin: "The Yiddish Policemen's Union," based on the Michael Chabon novel and set up at Columbia.
The Coens just completed "A Serious Man," which they scripted, for Focus Features and Working Title.
They are repped by UTA.
Mel hasn’t acted in a very long time, by the way, John Wayne is the on dead actor to ever make the list of current favorites.
Ugh!
Tom Selleck would make a good Rooster Cogburn.
LOL!!
Think about his poor horse :(
GMTA
Someone mentioned Robert Duvall and I thought that would be good, too.
The Coen Bros. have always struck me as movie fans as much as they are writers/directors. I am a little leary of people remaking a classic, but I also sort of think it’s in good hands.
LOLOLOLOL!!! Poor horsey!!
Wayne has never left the list has he?
“Every year for about 15 years now, Harris Interactive has conducted a nationwide poll and asked a very simple question: “Who is your favorite movie star?” And every year since the taking of the poll one particular individual has placed in the top ten — 13 of those years in the top 3.”
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