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George Clooney, Josh Brolin to star in 'Hail Caesar'

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Hollywood stars George Clooney and Josh Brolin will star in Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's new film 'Hail, Caesar'.

The Academy Award-winning filmmakers have inked a deal with Universal Pictures for the upcoming comedy, reported Deadline.

'Hail, Caesar' is an original script by the Coens about a Hollywood fixer named Eddie Mannix who protected the stars of the era.

Clooney has been a frequent collaborator with the Coen brothers, having starred in their films 'O Brother', 'Where Art Thou?', 'Intolerable Cruelty' and 'Burn After Reading'.

Brolin earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as part of the cast of the siblings' 2007 movie 'No Country for Old Men', and also appeared in their remake of 'True Grit'.
 

No release date has been set yet for 'Hail, Caesar'.

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First Published: Jun 10 2014 | 1:39 PM IST

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