Coen’s cast A Serious Man

Earlier this year, Jonathan brought up some news that the Coen Brothers would be returning to the world of adaptations once they completed their upcoming project A Serious Man. I remember vaguely hearing something about the project being the follow up to Burn After Reading which opens later this year, but there had been little news on the film or its cast.

However, there have been a few revelations since the original announcement of the film, namely that the Coens have cast Michael Stuhlbarg and funny man Richard Kind to star in the black comedy. Set in 1967, the film will have Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik, “a Midwestern professor whose life begins to unravel when his wife sets out to leave him and his socially inept brother (Kind) won’t move out of the house.”

Aside from the fact that people are saying this is a throw back to Fargo, the film will have another connection to that Coen classic: it too will be shot in Minneapolis. I have a feeling Andrew may have to start scouring the streets of the city for filming locations.

**Tune into this weeks CINECAST to hear a long tangent involving A SERIOUS MAN***

To be completely honest, at this point I just want to get through the year and catch up with Burn After Reading before I start to get excited about the upcoming project. That said, it’s always nice to have something to look forward to.