Throughout an interview for the July 2023 subject of Empire, Ethan Coen disclosed that he’s growing a brand new challenge with Joel — one which may take priority over his subsequent deliberate pairing with Tricia Cooke.
First off, it is vital to Ethan that moviegoers perceive that he has not “gone solo.” He co-wrote “Drive-Away Dolls” with Cooke (his spouse of 33 years) and shared directorial duties as properly (one thing the Administrators Guild of America is bizarre about acknowledging). As for what their subsequent film may be, all Cooke will say is that it is “one other lesbian film.”
Ethan was even much less forthcoming as to the content material of his subsequent movie with Joel. There’s been hypothesis on-line that it will be one other neo-noir, however the Coens are masters of misdirection. It is best to sit down again and look forward to official affirmation earlier than getting labored up over which style sandbox they’re set to play in subsequent. Perhaps the time is in the end proper for his or her adaptation of James Dickey’s “To the White Sea,” one of many best unmade screenplays gathering mud in Hollywood. Or maybe they’re going to shatter our hearts and mimic the cool youngsters by signing on for a CG-laden remake of a Disney basic. Yeah, that is by no means occurring.
All that issues is that the Coen brothers, as a filmmaking entity, nonetheless exist. Their “misses” could be triumphs for 99.9% of working administrators. Wherever they get lost to, we are going to gladly comply with.