The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2018)

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Ribs · #1 Post by **Ribs** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:37 am

The Coen Brothers are jumping to television

#2 Post by **mfunk9786** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:57 am

I'm into it, but the idea of combining TV and theatrical sounds exhausting. KISS

ianungstad · #3 Post by **ianungstad** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:55 am

Annapurna is also producing the 2 season David O. Russell/Robert DeNiro/Julianne Moore series that's coming to Amazon Video. They also have some series starring Julia Roberts that's beeing developed. Impressive tv slate.

beamish13 · #4 Post by **beamish13** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:07 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:I'm into it, but the idea of combining TV and theatrical sounds exhausting. KISS

Peter Greenaway made it work with Tulse Luper

Brian C · #5 Post by **Brian C** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:55 pm

beamish13 wrote:
mfunk9786 wrote:I'm into it, but the idea of combining TV and theatrical sounds exhausting. KISS
Peter Greenaway made it work with Tulse Luper

Oliivier Assayas with CARLOS was my first thought.

Kirkinson · #6 Post by **Kirkinson** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 12:10 am

beamish13 wrote:
mfunk9786 wrote:I'm into it, but the idea of combining TV and theatrical sounds exhausting. KISS
Peter Greenaway made it work with Tulse Luper

Did he? I know a TV series was part of the original plan, but like a great many other components of that project, as far as I know, it never actually happened.

The Fanciful Norwegian · Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:42 pm

There was a TV series, but it was mostly just the features strung back to back to back and divided into half-hour chunks, with minimal allowance for the episodic format (for example, most episodes were awkwardly truncated instead of coming to some sort of natural conclusion or cliffhanger). IIRC there was only one episode with a significant amount of new footage. I'd say it was a failure and should've stayed as three features, but I assume Greenaway was contractually obligated to do it.

#8 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:55 pm

Could be interesting to have a bunch of plot setup via TV miniseries followed by a film for a big showdown or something, then back to TV, etc.

knives · #9 Post by **knives** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:57 pm

Isn't that basically what the Marvel film/ television stuff is doing?

#10 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:59 pm

Yes, but interesting.

Ribs · #11 Post by **Ribs** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:59 pm

The impression I get from the article above is they just want to do a very long film and television is currently the only medium with funding to allow that kind of thing to commercially viable. So it's just a means to get to the film in the end.

#12 Post by **swo17** » Thu Jan 12, 2017 10:01 pm

I was searching for an interpretation of this:

Sources tell Variety that Annapurna intends to pursue an innovative approach that could combine television and theatrical.

The Narrator Returns · Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:44 pm

Starts shooting this month, stars Tim Blake Nelson (as the titular singing cowboy), James Franco, Zoe Kazan, and Stephen Root

MongooseCmr · #14 Post by **MongooseCmr** » Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:49 pm

Worth clarifying if you don't follow the link that this is an omnibus film and not a tv series as initially reported

Ribs · #15 Post by **Ribs** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 12:20 am

Er, no, the article is pretty clear; it's being devised as one project that can play theatrically as an anthology film, but it's also being made in this format to allow it to be easily divided into six episodes as it's being produced by a Television company and seeking distribution from the networks.

The Narrator Returns · Wed Aug 09, 2017 5:55 pm

It's been picked up by Netflix, but more important is the Coens' quote in the press release.

John Shade · #17 Post by **John Shade** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 12:22 am

I thought I remembered reading that the Coens weren't really television people. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20 ... in-decades" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

They always find a way to be kind of cryptic in interviews. Still, very excited for this project. Loved their version of True Grit, very traditional in a way, of course coming after interviews when they said they didn't like Westerns much. (On another note: maybe it's greedy of me that my reaction when seeing their next project would be on Netflix was, oh no, the blu ray will never exist...)

diamonds · #18 Post by **diamonds** » Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:06 am

Minor bit of news on this project, the Coens will shoot digitally for the first time.

John Shade · #19 Post by **John Shade** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:07 pm

This might get its own thread, but I couldn't find the Coens thread. Anyway, their anthology series on Netflix is going to be a film made by the best directors working today

#20 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:32 pm

“We’ve always loved anthology movies, especially those films made in Italy in the Sixties which set side-by-side the work of different directors on a common theme,” the Coens said in a statement. “Having written an anthology of Western stories we attempted to do the same, hoping to enlist the best directors working today. It was our great fortune that they both agreed to participate.”

Well, they might not be humble, but they ’re not too far off base.

#21 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:35 pm

I know several pundits are selling this as a new Oscar contender, but nothing about this sounds like it will garner any Academy attention. I don't agree with their quip, of course, but the above quote is pretty funny though!

Brian C · #22 Post by **Brian C** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:20 pm

I just hope it plays theatrically here in Chicago. Prominent Netflix releases have a so/so theatrical record here; we got OKJA here, for example, but not MUDBOUND.

#23 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:19 pm

Early word is pretty mixed so far, saying about what you would expect

Persona · #24 Post by **Persona** » Fri Aug 31, 2018 4:55 pm

Never been too excited for this one. The title and premise just kind of scream Coens parodying themselves.

diamonds · #25 Post by **diamonds** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:57 pm

Trailer.

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