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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

Review: Coen-Derived Caper Comedy 'Gambit' Features A Game Colin Firth, But That's About It

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • November 9, 2012 12:58 PM
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Of all the genres to try and pull off, the romantic caper flick -- think "To Catch A Thief," or "Charade," or even "Ocean's Eleven" -- is one of the trickiest. For such a film to work out, it's got to be as light as a feather and feel entirely effortless, and all too many films aiming to hit that sweet spot end up feel entirely effort-ful. But if anyone feels like they might be suited to that sort of thing, it would be the Coen Brothers, who penned the script for the remake of a minor classic of the genre, the 1966 Michael Caine/Shirley MacLaine film "Gambit." Have they pulled off?
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More: Review, Gambit, Michael Hoffman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Coen Brothers, Colin Firth, Tom Courtenay, Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz

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