Joel and Ethan Coen Set to Adapt and Maybe Direct BLACK MONEY
Joel and Ethan Coen are two of the most talented writers and directors in Hollywood. They make one great movie after another, and they've got a new project lined up! It's a crime film called Black Money, and it's based on the 1966 novel by Ross MacDonald. The Coens will write and possibly direct the film, which is also being produced by Joel Silver.
The story focuses on a private eye named Lew Archer. He is hired "to get the goods on the suspiciously suave Frenchman who's run off with his client's girlfriend, [and] it looks like a simple case of alienated affections. Things look different when the mysterious foreigner turns out to be connected to a seven-year-old suicide and a mountain of gambling debts."
This sounds like the perfect kind of movie for these guys to take on. They have such a unique filmmaking style, and I'm looking forward to seeing how their take on this story will turn out.
Source: Deadline