Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #2 Burn After Reading

#2. Burn After Reading

Director/Writer: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and the Coens.
Distributor: Focus Features

The Gist: The Coen Bros. script is loosely based on the novel “Burn
Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence,” by Admiral
Stansfield Turner, who served as director of the CIA from 1977 to 1981. The
contemporary East Coast caper is about a CIA agent who is writing a book and he
loses the disc.

Fact: Deakins was replaced by Children of Men‘s Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematographer).

See It: Coens are coming off the success No Country for Old Men and check out the list of talent in this one: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich and of course, Frances McDormand.

Release Date/Status?: Expect a Cannes film festival release and a year end placement from Focus that will not go up against their other titles.