Ethan Coen has found the leads for what will be the Coen brother’s first film project as a solo director, casting Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan to star, an individual with knowledge of the project told .
Plot details are still being kept private at this time. Coen wrote the film’s script with his wife, Tricia Cooke, and the plan is for the untitled film to begin shooting this fall.
Coen’s film is set at Focus Features and Working Title, with Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner producing for Working Title, and Coen and Cooke also producing alongside Robert Graf.
Qualley has been Emmy-nominated for her work on the miniseries “Maid,”She will also be next seen in “Stars at Noon,”It premiered in Cannes. “Sanctuary,”The film will premiere at TIFF next month. She’s also attached to star in the next film from Yorgos Lanthimos, “Poor Things.”
Viswanathan was last seen on the film-side in the romcom “The Broken Hearts Gallery,” and she’ll next star in “The Beanie Bubble”About the explosion of Beanie Babies For Apple.
Coen’s last movie, which he directed with his brother Joel, was “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”2018 From their inception, the two had directed and co-written almost all of their films together. “Blood Simple” in 1984, and they’ve been behind classics like “Fargo,” “No Country For Old Men,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “The Big Lebowski”… and many other things.
Ethan and Joel also did not work together on Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth”Film last year. Ethan stated in a 2019 InterviewHe was “giving movies a rest”His solo theater writing is his main focus.
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