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Producer Rodney Rothman on the Space Horror-Comedy THE SOMETHING and DOG OF THE SOUTH with Bill Hader and Greg Mottola!

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: May 25th, 2010 at 11:23 pm

A few hours ago I was standing on the red carpet at the premiere of Get Him to the Greek in Hollywood.  While there I managed to land a number of interviews, but the first one I wanted to post was with Greek producer Rodney Rothman.  That’s because during the interview, Rothman went into great detail about two projects that I hadn’t heard of: the space horror-comedy The Something and Dog of the South – which he’s doing with Bill Hader and Greg Mottola (Paul, Superbad)!

For more on both projects, hit the jump:

The Coen Brothers Cast Hailee Steinfeld as the Lead in TRUE GRIT

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 23rd, 2010 at 1:19 pm

The Coen Brothers have chosen Hailee Steinfeld to play the crucial lead role of Mattie Ross in True Grit according to Variety.  Paramount Pictures put out a nationwide open casting call for the part and now the Coens have their unknown actress and surrounded her with highly-talented actors Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin.  This isn’t to say that Steinfeld isn’t talented.  In fact, with such a wide selection of actresses, it’s impressive that she was chosen above them all.  I’m not sure if the Hailee Steinfeld listed on IMDb is the same actress, but she looks like she could pass as a 14-year-old (she may even be fourteen, but IMDb doesn’t provide her date of birth).

Hit a jump for a brief synopsis on the flick.

Jeff Bridges May Abide as Rooster Cogburn in the Coen Brothers’ Adaptation of TRUE GRIT

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 10th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

[Disclaimer: All commenting on this story must make at least one reference to "The Big Lebowski"]

Who do you get to fill the massive boots of John Wayne, especially when Wayne won his only Oscar for that particular massive boot-wearing role?  Well, if you’re the Coen Brothers you could just say, “We’re the Coen Brothers and we’ll cast whoever we goddamn please and you will like it.”  But instead they’ve cast a man and it’s Jeff Bridges and I won’t do the whole opening monologue from “The Big Lebowski”.  Just hit the jump for the news about this delightful casting.

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