Ok then. With production scheduled to begin on True Grit in Texas and New Mexico on March 20 (it’s not a remake goddamnit, it’s Joel and Ethan Coen’s re-adaptation of Charles Portis’ original novel) and with several of the major roles filled by the likes of Jeff Bridges (Rooster Cogburn), Matt Damon (La Boeuf) and [...]

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Michael Fleming is reporting over at Variety’s BFDealMemo that Jeff Bridges is “in discussions with Paramount” to take the role of Rooster Cogburn in Joel and Ethan Coen’s planned adaptation of Charles Portis’ novel True Grit, the same role that won John Wayne the Oscar in 1969.

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