From Naked Man To Drive Away Dykes

Ethan Coen is sticking his neck out of the roost again to write another film without Joel. Last time he did this, I believe, the result was The Naked Man, directed by regular Coen storyboard man and prince stand-in, J. Todd Anderson. It was okay... just okay.

Courtesy of Jo Blo, I've been to the temporary site for Drive Away Dykes, a film Coen is co-writing and producing and Allison Anders will direct. Tricia Cooke - Mrs. Ethan Coen - is his cowriter on this project and, according to the basic listings given, the film is to star Holly Hunter and Selma Blair. You can also see some rough-n-ready storyboard sketches on the site, such as the example I've popped up top.

This film honestly sounds like another Grind House chapter, and I'm actually a little disappointed it isn't being paired up with another film and some fake trailers, a la Death Proof or Planet Terror. Anders was one of the Four Rooms directors, I'm sure you recall, so might I suggest the other member of that quartet, Alexandre Rockwell, be given his first film in four years just as long as he makes it nice and sleazy too.