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Clooney’s Buddy Richard Kind To Play Lead In The Coen Bros.’ A SERIOUS MAN!!
Published 8/19/2008 by Hercules at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
I am – Hercules!! Richard Kind, known almost as well around Hollywood for being George Clooney’s best friend as he is for his regular role on the sitcom “Spin City,” will star in Joel & Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Men.” His co-lead is stage actor Michael Stuhlbarg, a Tony-nominated stage actor who played Jerry on “Studio 60.” Varity describes the plot: Set in 1967, story centers on Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg), a Midwestern professor whose life begins to unravel when his wife sets out to leave him and his socially inept brother (Kind) won't move out of the house. "Burn After Reading," the latest Coen project starring Clooney, opens Sept. 12. Find all of ...

Coen Brothers Do Some Serious Brave Casting
Published 8/19/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Skipper) at Flicks News
The Coen brothers on a roll it seems, are already at work on a new film. Variety have just announced the lead casting for a A Serious Man The Coen brothers have tapped a pair of relative unknowns to star in their next pic, "A Serious Man." Michael Stuhlbarg, a Tony-nominated actor with little experience in front of the cameras, and Richard Kind, a character actor best known for his role on ABC's "Spin City," will star as brothers in the period black comedy. Set in 1967, story centers on Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg), a Midwestern professor whose life begins to unravel when his wife sets out to leave him and ...

Watchmen Release Imperiled. Trade Roughage 08/19/08
Published 8/19/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
Fox has brought a lawsuit against Warner Brothers, claiming that the latter studio does not have the right to release Zach Snyder’s Watchmen movie, because the former studio never full gave up their rights to the property. The movie’s supposed to come out on March 6, and though a court could decide that Fox should be cut in on its eventual profits, apparently that studio would prefer if the film was shelved altogether. Why did they wait until the film was finished in order to take action? Your thoughts, please. Josh Brolin, Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron and Morgan Spurlock are among the celebrities ...

Russell Crowe to Play Bill Hicks?
Published 8/19/2008 at Vulture
... The Coen Brothers Get Serious: Tony-nominated Michael Stuhlbarg (The Pillowman) will play a professor whose life unravels when his brother won't move out of the house in Joel and Ethan Coen's A Serious Man. Don't worry about opening weekend; Spin City's Richard Kind is playing the brother, lending some much-needed star power to the picture. [Variety] ...

Coens Prepare For “A Serious Man”
Published 8/19/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
Any Coen Bros. news is good news, and the Coens adoring site Living in Cinema points us to the Variety article that says Michael Stuhlbarg and Richard Kind have been cast in their latest pitch-black period comedy, “A Serious Man.” Stuhlbarg, a Tony-nominated actor with apparently little experience in front of the camera, and Kind, of TV’s “Spin Cty,” will play brothers in the film, set in 1967. It tells the story of Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg) whose life begins to fall apart at the seams when his wife leaves him, and then his brother (Kind) refuses to move out of his house. The Coens latest flick, “Burn After Reading,” premieres in the U.S. ...

Coens Bring Unknown Actors Into Their Weird Fold
Published 8/19/2008 at Cinema Blend News
... enough to let you accuse them of establishing a trend. They're already following their super-dark and reserved No Country for Old Men with the star-studded, seemingly silly comedy Burn After Reading , and now they're veering off again with their next project A Serious Man . Instead of testing new waters with an adaptation, they're once again writing an original black comedy; and instead of bringing in their celebrity pals, they've cast a pair of unknowns to anchor their movie. Variety reports that Richard Kind and Michael Stuhlberg will play a pair of brothers in A ...

Coen Bros Cast 'A Serious Man'
Published 8/19/2008 by Christopher Campbell at Cinematical
Filed under: Comedy, Independent, Casting, Focus Features, Oscar Watch, Cinematical IndieHow do you follow-up a broad comedy starring the biggest names in Hollywood, George Clooney and Brad Pitt? If you're the Coen brothers, you apparently hit the car in reverse and make your next effort a darker story and cast relative unknowns. Variety reports that the newly minted Oscar winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen have cast Tony-nominated stage actor Michael Stuhlbarg (The Pillowman) and TV's Richard Kind (Mad About You; Spin ...

Coen Brothers Choose Unknowns and Semi-Knowns For 'A Serious Man' [Trade Roundup]
Published 8/19/2008 by Seth at Defamer
... · The Coen brothers have cast Broadway actor Michael Stuhlbarg and veteran sitcom loudmouth Richard Kind in A Serious Man, a black comedy set in the Midwest of 1967. Gentlemen: you may now commence crapping your pants with excitement, followed 11 months later by the public at large. [Variety] ...

“David Beckham gets a musical” links
Published 8/19/2008 by JayBird at Cele|bitchy
- A songwriter is going to write an entire West End musical, entitled “David Beckham — The Theatre of Dreams” …. how could it possibly go wrong? [Agent Bedhead] - JLo was on “Good Morning America” yesterday to talk about how she’s training for the 22nd Annual Malibu Triathlon. Some nosy bitch on the set of the morning show told MSNBC’s The Scoop that JLo just doesn’t understand why everyone is talking about “that swimmer” (Michael Phelps) and not about her! [Dlisted] - The “House Bunny” premiere went down ...

Coen brothers find serious men for next flick
Published 8/19/2008 by Franck Tabouring at The Screening Log
Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest comedy “Burn After Reading” hasn’t even premiered yet, but the brothers are already working on their next project at full speed.   According to Variety, the Coens have recruited Michael Stuhlbarg and Richard Kind to star in “A Serious Man,” which is currently described as a “period black comedy.” The story of the flick is set in 1967 and follows Larry Gopnik, a professor whose life starts to break down when his wife plans to leave him and his incompetent brother refuses to move out. Stuhlberg plays Larry, while Kind stars as his brother. The role of ...

In the works: "Pump your brakes kid, that man's a national treasure."
Published 8/19/2008 by Alison Willmore at IFC: Indie Eye
... The Coens have found the leads of their next film, "A Serious Man," a black comedy set in the '60s: Tony-nominated stage actor Michael Stuhlbarg and character actor Richard Kind will play brothers living together in the Midwest. [Variety] ...

Coens' Burn After Reading Opens Venice
Published 8/27/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
... Meanwhile the Coens are casting their next, the low-budget 60s period A Serious Man, starring stage actor Michael Stuhlbarg (The Pillowman) and TV's Richard Kind (Spin City) as a college professor and his brother, which is set to shoot in the Coens' home state, Minnesota. Unlike their last Scandinavian-inflected pic, Fargo, this one is seriously Jewish. So's their next script assignment: adapting Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union. ...