Coen brothers say they plan to make film together again
Joel and Ethan Coen said they will return to filmmaking together after years on separate projects and declined to reveal details of the next film.
- On Friday, Oscar-winning brothers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen announced plans to reunite for a new film, speaking ahead of receiving the Lumiere lifetime achievement award in Lyon.
- The brothers denied rumors of a "schism," clarifying they simply pursued personal projects after their last collaboration on 2018's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, including The Tragedy of Macbeth and Drive-Away Dolls.
- Joel, 71, ruled out television series work, explaining, "It's not the way our brains think about stories," while Ethan noted they have never been drawn to fantasy-heavy mainstream cinema.
- "We have a number of different things in what we call the library," Joel added, referencing previously written scripts alongside new ideas they have yet to develop.
- The duo guaranteed their upcoming collaboration will avoid fantasy genres, joking that their advancing ages make it necessary to work together again soon.
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The Coen brothers could be heading back to their hometown in Minneapolis for a reunion movie eight years after their last joint film, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” While at Lyon’s Lumière Film Festival, where they received a career tribute, Joel and Ethan Coen revealed they have several projects in the pipeline set in Minneapolis, where they previously shot “Fargo” in 1996 and “A Serious Man” in 2009. “We haven’t discussed it in terms of pl…
Joel and Ethan Coen will be reuniting on a new film “soon”
Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have confirmed that they are set to work on a new film together “soon”, eight years on from their last collaboration. The pair last worked together on 2018’s Oscar-nominated Western, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and have since completed separate solo projects. Now, the Oscar winners have told AFP in a new joint interview that they are back in the fold, speaking ahead of a prize ceremony in Lyon where they are set to…
The Coen brothers plan to reunite, but not for a fantasy
For the 10th anniversary of Hail, Caesar!, the Coen brothers have reiterated that they plan to work together again. Speaking to AFP (via CTV) and ahead of their appearance at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, France, where they received the Lumière lifetime achievement award today, Joel and Ethan Coen continued to tease their inevitable but still forthcoming reunion. Joel tells the outlet there has not been “some kind of schism[…]it’s not anyth…
Coen brothers say they plan to make film together again
Oscar-winning filmmaker brothers Ethan and Joel Coen told AFP they plan to make another movie together, having taken a break from their joint directing work that produced a string of classics from “Fargo” to “Barton Fink.”
A bit like the Beatles, some reunions are sighed by fans: in the cinema many want to see a new movie by the Coen brothers. Together. But is there hope?
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