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Coen Brothers To Rewrite Angelina Jolie's WWII Drama 'Unbroken'

  • By Cain Rodriguez
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  • February 26, 2013 9:01 AM
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As a director working with a studio for the first time, how do you know that everyone is fully behind you? Well, if you’re Angelina Jolie then you know you’re doing well when you land a pair of some of the greatest American writers (and directors) working today to write your script for you. THR is reporting that the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers -- and yes, the real ones, not the writers of “Garfield” -- have been tapped by Universal to rewrite “Unbroken.”
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More: Unbroken, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Angelina Jolie

Francis Lawrence Out, Angelina Jolie In To Direct WWII Film 'Unbroken'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 18, 2012 10:52 PM
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This fall, Francis Lawrence suddenly got very busy. Not only is the director helming "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," he locked himself in for the final two movies of the franchise, parts one and two of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay." This effectively means he's busy with the series right through to the end of 2015, which means that the handful of projects he'd been linked to, some of those are going to fall by the wayside. And indeed, one of them has, but it's been picked up by a very big name.
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More: Francis Lawrence, Angelina Jolie, Unbroken

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