Joel and Ethan Coen to Remake True Grit
According to Variety, the Paramount remake will not be as faithful to the film as to the Charles Portis book that the film was based on.
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 point of view
The film will be their first period film. The project reteams the brothers with Scott Rudin, their partner on the Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men. The Coens wrote the screenplay.
No production date has been set.
Sources: Variety
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CB Junior
310 to Yuma and Appaloosa are the best westerns since Unforgiven. Appaloosa got way overlooked
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CB Junior
Burn After Reading is overrated. Im a Coen fan and that movie was disapointing
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The Narrator: The Better Man
Awesome. John Wayne's version was like they said too focused on him. I'm glad the Coen bros are doing this one.
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ZanyZap
Great.
3 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
outlaw Returns
Coen's + Western = my type of movie!
3 years agoby @memo17Flag
John2347
John Wayne sucks so I don't care if it gets remade or not.
3 years agoby @john2347Flag
Err
i never cared for the john wayne, but ive always rather liked the coen bros.
3 years agoby @err2005Flag
-comrade-
I appreciate that they are going to do this well, based on the book. We need more good westerns in modern cinema. But I can't help but taste the bad taste of "remake"...
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
ed_wood
The Coen brothers can do no wrong.
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Diaigma
Common. True Grit? It's a classic! Are they going to remake French Connection and Deer Hunter too?
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
PypeBomb
This will be cool. The Coen brothers have yet to make a bad movie.
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