The Coen Brothers’ New Project Getting Nabbed by Many a Foreign Distributor

Kyle Turner February 7, 2012 1

The Coen Brothers are getting ready to go with distribution for their newest film INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS. The Pan-European company StudioCanal had gotten a hold on the pre-sales distribution, which will release the film in the UK, France, and Germany., reports Variety.

Taking place during the 1960s in ever rampant folk music scene within Greenwich Village, the film also was nabbed by distributors during pre-sales in Singapore (Show Organization), Greece Village), Hong Kong (Golden Scene.), Poland (ITI Cinema), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Taiwan (Blockbuster), the Czech Republic/Slovakia (Blue Sky Media), Yugoslavia (Blitz), Scandinavia (Mis Label), Australia/New Zealand (Village Roadshow), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), and Benelux (Belga Films).

Inspired by Bob Dyaln’s friend and fellow folk singer Dave Van Ronk, the film stars an ensemble cast including Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, F. Murray Abraham, Garret Hedlund, and Jeanine Serrales. The film was scheduled to start shooting in New York yesterday.

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Born in GhongZhou, China in 1994, Kyle Turner’s love of cinema was fostered at an early age. Rather than brood him on the likes of Disney cartoons, Kyle’s parents instead exposed him to the cinematic classics of yesteryear, which have impacted his taste in art and film, his view on life, and his writing style. Declaring that he would become a film critic at a mere age 7, he started his own blog at the age of 13, which he has nurtured ever since. Kyle also enjoys school, reading, and writing satirical essays, and cites his inspirations and idols being Alfred Hitchcock, Andrew Sarris, Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert, A.O. Scott, and David Sedaris.

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