CBS Films stakes financial gambit on Coen remake

"SHOOT the GLASS!"

"SHOOT the GLASS!"

The company will be handling the U.S. distribution of the remake of the 1966 heist comedy with Michael Caine and Shirley McClaine. Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz are in the new version of the film, while The Last Station director Michael Hoffman will direct, and the True Grit remake directors, The Coen Bros. will write the script.

Update: Die Hard/Harry Potter actor Alan Rickman is about to be added to the cast as the rich guy being robbed.

Update 2: Jack the Giant Killer’s Stanley Tucci and Sky High’s Cloris Leachman have been added to the cast.

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