Whether or not it’s the next film they make or if it even gets made at all is yet to be determined, but the Coen brothers are currently writing a movie about an opera singer.
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We learned earlier today that American Psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis is no longer in the running to write the screenplay for Fifty Shades of Grey, and now reports have surfaced about which four writers are still in the running.
Last night, New Girl‘s Zooey Deschanel and Community‘s Joel McHale hosted the Writers Guild Awards, which acknowledged outstanding writing in movies, TV, video games, radio, and new media. Midnight in Paris, The Descendants, Breaking Bad, and Modern Family were among some of the winners.
Cormac McCarthy — one of the most widely acclaimed authors of our time — has sold his first spec script to the producers of The Road, Deadline reports. The No Country for Old Men author has penned The Counselor, a contemporary drama set in the southwest. More info and quotes after the jump.