Filmmaking brothers Joel & Ethan Cohen take up the reigns of their latest film to put out their adaptation of the 1968 novel, True Grit, written by Charles Portis. The first film adapted from the novel shares the same title and stars western film vet John Wayne himself in the lead role of U.S. Marshall Rueben Cogburn. The Cohen Brothers have made it clear that their goal with this film was to make as close to the original story contained in the novel as possible. Steven Spielberg also shares producing duties on this project.
Jeff Bridges takes up the role of old, fat and usually drunk U.S. Marshall Rueben “Rooster” Cogburn who is chosen by 14-year old Mattie Ross (Hallie Steinfeld) to pursue and catch fugitive Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin) who murdered her father. During her search for a suitable lawman to take up this task, she comes across Texas Ranger LaBoeuf who is in his own hunt for Chaney to obtain an award that is up for his capture.
After consistently being turned down to accompany Cogburn on his quest for Chaney, Mattie sets out after him only to find that he has made a deal with LaBoeuf to split the reward money. They reluctantly allow her to come with them as they search for her father’s killer. On
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