Trailer to the Coen Brothers Next Movie, “Burn After Reading”

John Malkovich plays Ozzie Cox, a CIA vet who is fired because he is an alcoholic. He takes his revenge by writing some inflammatory memoirs. Cox’s soon-to-be ex-wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) steals the disc containing his memoirs and accidentally leaves it at the gym where it is found by a trainer, Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) and the gym’s owner, Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand). They believe they can use the info to blackmail Cox. Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney) is an oversexed, fanatically fit, lactose-intolerant federal marshal who is sleeping with Cox’s wife. He meets Linda via an online dating service and gets entangled in the blackmail scheme, when he stumbles across Chad breaking into his and Katie’s house.

Burn After Reading is due to premiere on August 27. The film is the Coen brothers’ first since the Academy Award-winning No Country For Old Men. Watch the trailer below!

 

Marvel Comics Announce Stephen King’s “The Stand” Comic Book Series

Acclaimed writer, Stephen King brings yet another blockbuster property to Marvel Comics.

Just as the second mini-series of Stephen King’s Dark Tower franchise is hitting very high atop sales charts, Marvel has announced that King’s massive project The Stand will also make the leap to the comic book industry.Stephen King will have his hand in this adaptation as well. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will be helming the script of the comic books with Mike Perkins handling the art duties. Marvel’s Arune Singh mentioned that The Stand was currently slated to launch alongside another Dark Tower mini-series.  The plan is to release the comic as six five-issue story arcs, or thirty issues in total. The first issue is scheduled for release in September 2008.

Below is the initial art released by Marvel.   The official announcement can be found here.  

 

(From IGN.com)

 

 

 

 

New Stephen King Book Due in January?

On the Simon & Schuster website, there is a new book by Stephen King entitled “Stephen King Goes to the Movies”. The 400 page paperback is due on January 27, 2009.  I will post more information when it becomes available.