Josh Brolin and Matt Damon to Star in Coen's 'True Grit' Remake
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It's impossible to top an icon like John Wayne, but the Coen Bros' True Grit is shaping up to have a better supporting cast than the original did. (Hey, Wayne supposedly didn't like Kim Darby either.) Variety has just announced that Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are in talks to join Jeff Bridges in the Coens' remake. Bridges will play Rooster Cogburn, while Damon is in talks to play La Boeuf, the Texas Ranger who pairs up with Cogburn and Mattie. I'll probably anger the Glen Campbell fans out there, but I think this is a vast improvement over the original casting. I can actually buy Damon as a Texas Ranger.
Brolin will be taking a walk on the nasty side, as he'll be playing Tom Chaney, the man who gunned Mattie's father down for the gold he had in his saddlebag. While Chaney wasn't the most pleasant fellow in the original, there's no doubt that Brolin will increase the menace and nastiness. I think we can all agree Brolin has done no wrong since his No Country For Old Men comeback, and this is the kind of role that'll be delicious to watch him tear into. The film is set to go into production in March 2010, and the Coens won't waste any time in the editing room as it's slated to be released in late 2010.
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10-26-2009 @ 7:17PM
paul said...
Very nice.
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10-26-2009 @ 10:35PM
Tony le Stephanois said...
For the record, I think this whole True Grit remake is a bad idea, but given the casting choices so far and the more than able hands of the Coens...it gets a pass. :)
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11-06-2009 @ 4:24PM
Bill Warren said...
Coincidentally, I reread TRUE GRIT this year, also watched the original movie. I realized that the book really deserved a new movie version, as the John Wayne film wasn't as good a movie as the book was a book--not by a long shot. Yes, Wayne is terrific as Rooster Cogburn, but he's somewhat different from the Rooster of the novel, who was only in his forties, not his sixties, as in the film. The story was rewritten here at there, pointlessly in regard to the fate of LaBoeuf, harmlessly in terms of the actual ending on screen. The original is a good movie; I have no doubt that the Coen version will be better.
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