The long-awaited Coen brothers reunion will have to wait. If you remember, early last year, Ethan Coen confirmed that he and Joel, who haven’t directed anything together in over seven years, were writing a horror film together. There was talk of a 2024 shoot, but I’m being told that’s been put aside for Joel’s next film. That’s all I really know at this time.
Back in 2021, Joel released “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” a solo work. When the project was announced, Ethan’s absence was puzzling. The Coens have always worked together. In fact, before ‘Macbeth,’ they hadn’t missed a collaboration together since their 1984 debut “Blood Simple.”
Last year, Ethan’s “Drive-Away Dolls” — a Lesbian road movie —- hit theaters to mixed reviews. He’s already shot another one, a noir titled “Honey Don’t,” which will probably be released sometime this year. The film, described as a “detective noir,” stars Aubrey Plaza, Margaret Qualley and Chris Evans.
The Coens haven’t collaborated on anything new since the 2018 Netflix anthology “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” They are one of the great living American filmmakers with a resume that includes “No Country For Old Men,” “Fargo,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” “Barton Fink,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Miller’s Crossing,” “Raising Arizona,” and “A Serious Man.”