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17 articles from 2009
Casting Call Alert: Coen Brothers Looking for Mattie Ross in "True Grit"
19 December 2009 9:19 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
As we mentioned before, the Coen brothers and Paramount are remaking "True Grit" based on Charles Portis novel. Now, they've launched their search for the young female lead, Mattie Ross, played by Kim Darby (pictured) in the original 1969 film that won John Wayne a Best Actor Oscar.
They're looking for a girl between the ages of 12 and 17. If you're interested, you can apply by self taping or by attending an open call in Arkansas, Mississippi, or Oklahoma in the coming weeks.
You can go to the "True Grit" casting call's official site right here.
And click here for a three-page scene from the script that you can use to practice.
This character will tag along two marshals -- to be played by Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon -- to hunt for the man who killed her father -- to be played by Josh Brolin.
Applicants, study the Mattie Ross character well, »
- Manny
Josh Brolin and Matt Damon to Star in Coen's 'True Grit' Remake
26 October 2009 4:40 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
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, »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Matt Damon and Josh Brolin Join the Coen's 'True Grit' Remake
26 October 2009 1:54 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Variety's Mike Fleming is reporting Joel and Ethan Coen are ready to roll on True Grit, the remake of the 1969 John Wayne classic and have brought on Matt Damon and Josh Brolin to star alongside Jeff Bridges who will step into The Duke's shoes and play U.S. marshal Rooster Cogburn.
Damon will play the lawman (played by Glen Campbell in the original) who teams with Cogburn and a 14-year old girl to track her father's killer into hostile Indian territory. Brolin is in talks to play the killer. It was earlier reported that while the original told the story from Cogburn's point of view, but the new version will work from the viewpoint of the girl.
The role of the young girl has not yet been cast, but it's a role that brought Kim Darby some serious attention as she stood toe-to-toe with Wayne in the film that brought »
- Brad Brevet
Jeff Bridges And Coen Brothers Reunite For 'True Grit' Remake
11 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
There are plenty of actors I wish would work with the Coen brothers again: Tim Robbins; Nicolas Cage; Beth Grant; William Forsythe; Tony Shalhoub; Philip Seymour Hoffman. Of course, the one that most of us Coen fans want the most is "The Dude" himself, Jeff Bridges. Well we're in luck, because the "Big Lebowski" star is in talks to join Joel and Ethan Coen for their remake of the 1969 comedic western "True Grit," according to Variety.
Based on Charles Portis' novel, the original "True Grit" starred an eye patch-wearing John Wayne as 'Rooster' Cogburn, an aging U.S. marshal who helps a 14-year-old girl find the man who killed her father. Also along for the ride in the original is country singer Glen Campbell, who additionally performed the film's Oscar-nominated theme song. "Grit" is mostly remembered for being the film that finally won Wayne his only Academy Award, which »
- Christopher Campbell
Jeff Bridges In Talks For True Grit
10 September 2009 11:56 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Joel and Ethan Coen announced earlier in the year that their next project would be a re-do of True Grit: the 1968 novel by Charles Portis filmed in 1969 with John Wayne. Variety reports this morning that things are hotting up, with the revelation that Jeff Bridges is in talks to play the Wayne role. Dudester Cogburn, if you will. Thank you, we'll be here all week. Oh, it's Friday.This will mark the first time that Bridges has re-teamed with the Coens since his epochal role in The Big Lebowski in 1998. Scott Rudin, who backed the brothers on No Country For Old Men, is again aboard as producer.John Wayne won a sentimental Oscar for his role as Marshal Ruben J "Rooster" Cogburn, which he reprised in the Katherine Hepburn co-starring sequel (there was also a further follow-up TV movie threequel, with Warren Oates replacing Wayne).The orginal film took »
The Dude is Up for the Duke's Role in Coens' 'True Grit'
10 September 2009 10:23 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Jeff Bridges is known for many roles, but perhaps none are more iconic than his role as Jeffrey "the Dude" Lebowski in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski. So when you hear the Dude may play a role originated by the Duke it just somehow seems like bigger news than it may actually be. That's the word, though, from Michael Fleming at Variety as Jeff Bridges is said to be in discussions with Paramount to star in Joel and Ethan Coen's redo of True Grit, a film that starred John Wayne as a one-eyed, broken-down marshal in this 1969 adaptation of Charles Portis's bestselling novel. The Coen feature is said to have been redrafted by the brothers to be more faithful to the Portis novel. The story centers on a 14-year-old girl who tags along with an aging U.S. marshal, Rooster Cogburn, and another lawman to track the outlaw who killed her father. »
- Brad Brevet
Jeff Bridges to Star in True Grit
10 September 2009 9:35 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
Jeff Bridges is in talks to star in Joel and Ethan Coen's True Grit, an adaptation of the Charles Portis book that was previously turned into a film starring John Wayne. Bridges previously worked with the Coens on The Big Lebowski. Not a traditional remake, the Coens film will be more faithful to the book than the 1969 film, which earned Wayne an Oscar. 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. The original starred Kim Darby as the teen, Wayne and Glen Campbell as the lawmen, Jeff Corey as the killer and featured Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper as fellow outlaws. While the original film was a showcase for Wayne, the Coens’ version will tell the story from the girl’s point of view. The project also reteams the brothers with Scott Rudin, »
- James Cook
Don't be Afraid of the Dark - DVD Review
2 September 2009 9:14 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
If a title ever had the opposite effect on its intended audience it might be this 1973 television movie. Many a young-un cowered behind the sofa thinking that little devils would be coming for them when the lights went out. Sally Farnham (Kim Darby) has inherited her grandmother.s old dark house. Her husband Alex (Jim Hutton) is an ambitious attorney. She sets about redecorating the mansion with an interior designer (Pedro Armendariz Jr.). Mr. Harris (William Demarest) is an older man who did renovations for Sally.s grandmother and the couple has hired him to do repairs as well. Sally and the designer come across a locked room but Sally tracks down the key. When they open the »
- Jeff Swindoll
Warner Archive: 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'
31 August 2009 2:58 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
From out of the blue Warner Bros. sent over three titles from their recently launched Warner Archive collection, a program the studio began back in March of 2009 allowing consumers to purchase and/or watch on demand several previously unreleased movies on DVD for the first time. I have not heard anything recently on the program's successes, but I know when it first launched it was a huge hit and the studio was actually surprised by the demand. Considering I have a limited knowledge when it comes to unreleased titles my excitement wasn't all that severe outside of an interest in purchasing Francis Ford Coppola's 1968 debut The Rain People (how about sending that one over Warner?). However, when films arrive unexpectedly I can't help but get look their way as my curiosity in the lesser seen films continues to rise in hopes of finding hidden gems outside the realms of the classics. »
- Brad Brevet
Guy Pearce Admits Being ‘Afraid Of The Dark’
30 June 2009 10:18 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Guy Pearce has joined Katie Holmes in the upcoming remake of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark. The movie starts production next month in Australia per The Hollywood Reporter, and is being produced by Guillermo del Toro who also co-wrote the script along with Matthew Robbins (Dragonslayer, Mimic). The original film involved a young couple who move into their dream house but soon discover it's actually a nightmare abode! Or something. Kim Darby, who played the wife, discovers strange, little creatures living in the basement, but when she tries to tell people about them everyone thinks she's just having women troubles. Everyone, including her husband, doubts her claims and she's left to deal with the demonic little bastards on her own. It doesn't end well... and it's actually pretty goddamn creepy for a TV movie. Per THR, the remake is shaking up the story a bit by adding a child into the mix. Bailee Madison »
- Rob Hunter
Guy Pearce Joins Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
30 June 2009 10:01 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Guy Pearce has joined the Miramax remake of the classic 1973 television movie Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, scripted by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Troy Nixey. Bailee Madison has also signed on to play his daughter. They'll be joining Katie Holmes, who was cast a couple of months ago. In the original telefilm, John Hutton and Kim Darby played Alex and Sally Farnham, who inherit a mansion from Sally's grandmother. Despite warnings to leave it alone, Sally unseals a small door next to a bricked-up fireplace, which releases small creatures which torment her. These little furry goblins with shriveled faces whisper to Sally and soon start taking an active physical role in tormenting her. A few changes have been made to the script for this version. Pearce and Holmes are not married, and it is Pearce's daughter that unseals the trap holding back the film's creatures. She's initially »
- Russ Fischer
Shall we gather at the river?
11 June 2009 1:11 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
The first time I saw him, he was striding toward me out of the burning Georgia sun, as helicopters landed behind him. His face was tanned a deep brown. He was wearing a combat helmet, an ammo belt, carrying a rifle, had a canteen on his hip, stood six feet four inches. He stuck out his hand and said, "John Wayne." That was not necessary.
John Wayne died 30 years ago on June 11. Stomach cancer. "The Big C," he called it. He had lived for quite a while on one lung, and then the Big C came back. He was near death and he knew it when he walked out on stage at the 1979 Academy Awards to present Best Picture to "The Deer Hunter," a film he wouldn't have made. He looked frail, but he planted himself there and sounded like John Wayne.
John Wayne. When I was a kid, we »
- Roger Ebert
Katie Holmes Is ‘Afraid Of The Dark’
7 May 2009 6:57 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a made-for-tv movie from the early seventies, and is notable for being one of the only two terrifying TV movies ever made. The other is The Dark Night of the Scarecrow... goddamn creepy scarecrows... Guillermo Del Toro has had his eyes on a remake of the former film for at least a year or so and now it looks to finally be heading into production. Per Variety, Katie Holmes will star in the film for first-time director Troy Nixey with Del Toro serving as producer. The script is written by Matthew Robbins who has a fairly odd and eclectic resume under his belt... Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express, Dragonslayer, *batteries not included, and Del Toro's own Mimic to name a few. The film is scheduled to shoot this summer for release sometime in 2010. The original starred Kim Darby and Jim Hutton as a young couple who move into a »
- Rob Hunter
The Coen Brothers to Remake True Grit
24 March 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Variety reports that the Coen brothers are set to remake True Grit, the classic Western film that won John Wayne an Oscar. Based on a Charles Portis novel, True Grit 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. While the original film was a showcase for Wayne and co-starred Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Jeff Corey, Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper, the Coens’ version will stick to Portis’ novel closer and tell the tale from the girl’s point-of-view. Producer Scott Rudin, their partner on the Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men, will once again produce alongside the Coens. The [...] »
- Tessa
Coen brothers get some True Grit
23 March 2009 9:11 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Joel and Ethan Coen are set to adapt Charles Portis' Western novel True Grit. The book follows the adventures of fourteen year-old Mattie Ross after her father is shot and robbed in Fort Smith. Mattie then leaves home, accompanied by a hardened U.S. Marshal, to seek the criminals responsible. The pair's pursuit leads them into Indian Territory. The original 1969 adaptation featured John Wayne as the marshal, Kim Darby as the teenager. Glen Campbell, Jeff Corey, Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper also starred. Variety reports the new movie will stay closer to the book than the 1969 film and tell the tale from the girl.s perspective. Read more about the novel and original film. »
- James Wray
Coen Brothers’ True Grit Moves Forward
22 March 2009 9:31 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
They first talked about it early last year and now the trades have confirmed that Oscar winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen’s next film will be True Grit, an adaptation of the Charles Portis book that was previously turned into a film starring John Wayne. Not a traditional remake, the Paramount film will be more faithful to the Portis book than the 1969 film, which earned Wayne an Oscar. 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. The original starred Kim Darby as the teen, Wayne and Glen Campbell as the lawmen, Jeff Corey as the killer and featured Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper as fellow outlaws. While the original film was a showcase for Wayne, the Coens' version will tell the story from the girl's point of view. The project reteams the brothers with Scott Rudin, »
- James Cook
Coen Brothers Remaking 'True Grit'
22 March 2009 9:17 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Variety is reporting something of an out-of-the-blue bombshell: Joel and Ethan Coen will adapt the western novel True Grit as their next film following this year's A Serious Man.
Paramount will distribute the film, which will more closely resemble Charles Portis' novel than the 1969 film that won John Wayne his only Academy Award. That means a primary shift in the film's point of view from the aging lawman on the hunt for a murderer in Indian terrtiory to a teenage girl whose father is the killer's victim.
The original film also starred Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Glen Campbell, and Jeff Corey. Wayne would later reprise his character in Rooster Cogburn. »
- Colin Boyd
2009 | 2008
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