It's difficult to conceive the Coen Brothers' next big venture, a remake of the classic John Wayne western True Grit, as either a traditional western or a traditional remake.

Many things come to mind when thinking about the films of Joel and Ethan Coen. Dark witty humor, highly stylized production and costume designs, reoccurring actors, clever and

Movie pals George Clooney and Brad Pitt are to team up in the new Coen Brothers film, Burn After Reading. Coen Brothers regular Frances McDormand will also star in the movie about a CIA agent who loses the back-up disc of the book he is writing.

* Kirsten Dunst is in talks to play Blondie star Debbie Harry in a new biopic of the punk queen's life, according to Hollywood trade magazine Daily Variety. * Robert Redford has signed on to play baseball executive Branch Rickey in a new biopic about the life of sports legend Jackie Robinson, the African-American athlete who broke through the color barrier in baseball.