Netflix has debuted the first trailer for Joel and Ethan Coen’s western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs which stars Tim Blake Nelson, Liam Neeson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan, Tyne Daly, Brendan Gleeson, and Tom Waits; watch it here… The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a six-part Western anthology film, a series of tales about the American […]
The Coen Brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is now a movie
Last year, Joel and Ethan Coen began work on The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a Western anthology series featuring six stories, which was subsequently picked up for distribution by the streaming service Netflix. The series would have marked the Coens’ first foray into television, but Variety is now reporting that it has been reworked into […]
The Coen Brothers western series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs to begin production in July
Back in January it was announced that the Coen Brothers are heading to the small screen to write and direct the Western anthology series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and now The Playlist is reporting that production on the miniseries is set to begin next month in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs […]
Netflix picks up the Coen brothers’ The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Netflix has announced that it has picked up the upcoming Western anthology series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs from Joel and Ethan Coen, and is set to premiere the show in 2018. “The Western anthology will feature six tales about the American frontier told through the unique and incomparable voice of Joel and Ethan Coen,” […]
The Coen Brothers to direct Western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Directors Joel and Ethan Coen are moving to the television landscape to direct The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a Western anthology series that will apparently combine a television show and theatrical run. The brothers are partnering with Annapurna Television on this ‘innovative approach’. The Coens have written the script and will direct and produce through their […]
The Coen brothers rewriting the script for Scarface remake
Last week it was reported that director Antoine Fuqua had exited Universal Pictures’ planned remake of Scarface, and now comes word from Variety that Joel and Ethan Coen have signed on to polish the script for the latest take on the mobster saga. The Coen brothers, who recently polished the screenplays for Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken […]
Story details for the Coen Brothers’ Western TV series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
With production on the Coen Brothers’ Western anthology series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs set to get underway this month, The Albuquerque Journal has revealed details on the six separate storylines that will feature in the show, which is being described as a “feature-length omnibus” as opposed to a TV series. “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs” follows […]
Movie Review – Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Hail, Caesar!, 2016. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Alden Ehrenreich. SYNOPSIS: A studio fixer in 1950s Hollywood has his work cut out keeping his stars in line. An A list actress is pregnant but decidedly single. More […]
Movie Review – Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Hail, Caesar!, 2016. Produced, Written, and Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill, Max Baker, Heather Goldenhersh, Veronica Osorio, Clancy Brown, Wayne Knight, Fisher Stevens, Robert Picardo, Christopher Lambert, Natasha Bassett, Alex Karpovsky, John Bluthal, and […]
George Clooney to direct the Coen Brothers’ crime noir Suburbicon
According to Deadline, George Clooney is in talks with TriStar to direct Suburbicon, which has been written by Joel and Ethan Coen and is described as “a small crime drama set in the 1950s”. Clooney and the Coen Brothers are no strangers, with Clooney having appeared in Intolerable Cruelty and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, […]
