Mar 23 2009New 'True Grit' Thankfully Not 'True Grittier'-Style Sequel
A remake of True Grit, the John Wayne-starring western that earned the actor an Oscar? That sounds like an idea made by fools! But what if I told you that these "fools," as you so callously regarded them, are the Coen Brothers, and they're planning on writing and directing a version of the film that will more closely reflect the original novel? You'd be thinking this "no way" is becoming an "ok, way":
Not a traditional remake, the Paramount film will be more faithful to the Charles Portis book than the 1969 pic, also distributed by Par.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 p.o.v.
How will any actor exude as much genuine grit as John Wayne? Those Coen boys have a chore ahead of them in the casting department. And the grit department.
Coen brothers to adapt 'True Grit' [Variety]
Reader Comments
1. Robbimus Prime - March 23, 2009 1:07 PM
I'm thinking cast the Jonas brothers as one person, Eddie Murphy style. No?
2. Stoic - March 23, 2009 1:59 PM
Ha, Tommy Lee Jones for one.
3. sully - March 23, 2009 6:57 PM
my grandma LOVES true grit... I think the only person with actual grit this day and age is obviously steven segal... or jcvd, obviously... or I guess chuck norris...
4. K lee - March 23, 2009 9:37 PM
Better not be George Clooney. But the Coens have so freakin' much on their plate - A Serious Man, Suburbicon, Hail Caesar, Yiddish Policeman's Union -- I don't whether to be excited or skerred. Having so much coming out in such a short time just seems not very Coeny.
5. Montoya - March 24, 2009 1:03 AM
Please no Dakota Fanning... please no Dakota Fanning...