Last week we complained a little bit that several sources pasted semi-excitable headlines that said, “Coen Brothers Remaking True Grit!,” the Johny Wayne classic written by Charles Portis.
Problem is, the story was old and then everyone was reporting like it was spankin’ new info linking to an old 2008 article in the U.K. press.
Nothing new had been presented. But it looks like Variety paid attention to all the fuss, made some inquiries and got the updated info. Yes, the Coen Brothers are remaking “True Grit,” as those with memories that retain for more than a year, already know. What Variety has uncovered it that “True Grit,” will be the Coens next movie after the upcoming, “A Serious Man.”
Though apparently its not a traditional remake, the trade says the film will be a more faithful adaptation than the 1969 original picture. Scott Rudin, who produced the brothers Academy Award winning, “No Country For Old Men,” will one again shepherd the film into production under the aegis of Paramount.
Pushed aside, for now, is the Coen brothers’ adaptation of Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union,” another Rudin project, set up at Columbia. “A Serious Man,” is expecting in theaters on October 2 in limited release.
