Hail Caesar will start shooting on November 10

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Patrick Fischler, David Krumholtz, Fisher Stevens and Clancy Brown are joining the Hollywood tale

Patrick Fischler, David Krumholtz, Fisher Stevens and Clancy Brown have joined the all-star cast of Hail, Caesar!, the Hollywood-set period comedy helmed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
               
The movie is heading into a Nov. 10 start for a shoot in Los Angeles with a lineup that includes George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill and Tilda Swinton.
Caesar tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.
Read more Coen Brothers, George Clooney's 'Hail, Caesar' Lands at Universal
Krumholtz, Fischler and Stevens will play screenwriters who are also Communists.
Brown is an actor in the movie-within-a-movie, Hail, Caesar!
Working Title is behind the feature project, which will be distributed by Universal.
Krumholtz (repped by Gersh and Principato Young) is currently onscreen opposite Robert Downey Jr. in The Judge, while Fischler (repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Main Title Entertainment) recently wrapped work on Warren Beatty's new untitled movie.
Stevens (repped by Paradigm and Untitled Entertainment) appeared in The Grand Budapest Hotel, while Brown (repped by ICM Partners and Pop Art Management) will be seen in an upcoming episode of The Flash as well as Legendary's Warcraft movie. He is also voicing a lead in the upcoming Spongebob Squarepants movie.

I went to the open call and I hope i will be cast in this film. It would be wonderful to work with George again, and now that he is married I guess it is still going to be a little different but a joy to work with. Hail Caesar, here i am. bg

Good luck, let us know if you got lucky

Bgarabedian, you worked with George?

Here is another article. George seems to be playing the lead. Interesting that there was a film made about this guy before. Then  Bob Hoskins played the same guy.

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Good Luck bgarabedian with your "application"
to work on the film.

The film will be released in Febr 5, 2016


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George Clooney's Coen brothers comedy 'Hail, Caesar!' gets February 2016 release

“Hail, Caesar!,” the latest film from the Coen brothers starring George Clooney, will hit theaters on Feb. 5, 2016.
Universal Pictures made the announcement on Wednesday. In addition to Clooney, the cast also includes Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, and Jonah Hill. The comedy, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, centers on Hollywood fixer Eddie Mannix.
The Coen bothers produced with Mike Zoss Productions and with Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan of Working Title Films.
Recently, the Coens have released their projects in the thick of awards season, with their recent films hitting theaters in December.

Curious release date.
a. they need that long period of post production.
b. they abandon any awards season hopes.

Sevens wrote:Curious release date.
a. they need that long period of post production.
b. they abandon any awards season hopes.

Feb. 5, 2016 is the general release date.  It will almost certainly be released in NY and LA for a week at the end of 2015 to qualify for that year's awards.

What an amazing cast! Missa, I hope they do screen it here in NY pre-award season, because I can't wait to see it. Late 2015/early 2016 is too far away! I'm not always a Coen brothers fan, but this one just has to be great.

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Sevens wrote:Curious release date.
a. they need that long period of post production.
b. they abandon any awards season hopes.

Feb. 5, 2016 is the general release date.  It will almost certainly be released in NY and LA for a week at the end of 2015 to qualify for that year's awards.

Well that could be great if they do pre-screenings for awards season.And the boxoffice could benefit from that release date too due to the Valentine holidays.And doubt that huge cast including George would do lots of PR for it? Money Monster needs less time for post-production and it could well get released in next winter so George may have to promote two films in a couple of months.

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A bit interview from Roger Deakins here



Coens' 'Hail, Caesar!' gets a release date, Roger Deakins talks going back to film

Universal Pictures has announced that the Coen brothers' "Hail, Caesar!," starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes and Scarlett Johansson, among others, will be released on Feb. 5, 2016. That effectively removes it from much awards season discussion that year, but you could sort of gather that, given the subject matter and apparent tone of the film. Like "The Hudsucker Proxy," "The Big Lebowski" and "Burn After Reading" — romps that came after heady prestige pics like "Barton Fink," "Fargo" and "No Country for Old Men" — "Hail, Caesar!" looks like the boys just having a bit of fun.

What's interesting about the film, which begins shooting in Los Angeles next month, is that it marks cinematographer Roger Deakins' first trip back to the world of celluloid since his last collaboration with the filmmaker siblings, "True Grit." That was four years ago. He has since embraced digital photography, preferring the Arri Alexa camera on films like "In Time," "Skyfall," "Prisoners" and this year's "Unbroken." What will that be like, for Deakins and for viewers?
"I’m a bit nervous actually," Deakins told me a few weeks ago. "You know, I like it. It’s fine. It’s a challenge and I think it’s a nice thing, to be able to do it again. It might be the last time. Who knows? I mean I like doing digital I must say.  The media advantages now outweigh the disadvantages."
Obviously it's a choice left to the Coens, who still prefer film. He and the duo never really talked about trying digital because he knows exactly where that conversation would go. "I mean, they eventually turn around and say, 'No, we're analog guys.' And I said, 'Yeah, OK. I'll shoot on a cell phone if you want! But also it’s also set in Hollywood in 1952 so I mean it feels like if anything should be shot on film it should be this film."
"Hail, Caesar!" follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix, according to the official synopsis. The film is produced by the Coen brothers and Working Title Films' Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan.

Universal Pictures’ HAIL, CAESAR! will be released on Friday, February 5, 2016.

About HAIL, CAESAR!

Four-time Oscar®-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men, True Grit,Fargo) write and direct HAIL, CAESAR!, an all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age. Starring Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson and Jonah Hill, HAIL, CAESAR! follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix. The comedy is produced by the Coen brothers under their Mike Zoss Productions banner, with Working Title Films and Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan.
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She's in town to prep for the Coens' next, "Hail Caesar!" opposite frequent leading man George Clooney. Yes, it starts in January, is a comedy, and no, she may not be playing Hedda Hopper. In the can is another comedy, Judd Apatow's "Trainwreck" (July 2015). Filming now is "I Am Love" director Luca Guadagnino's new relationship drama about exes, "A Bigger Splash."

Why this piece says it starts shooting in January? Or if it's her schedule as other cast could start earlier?

I'm confused...why is George's character listed as Baird Whitlock on IMDb? But when you click in, it still directs to Eddie Mannix page. Josh Brolin got listed as Eddie Mannix too.
However it's been reported by all the outlets that George is starring in this as Eddie Mannix. Anyway I think it's a mistake from IMDb. The Coens said last year about the film "it's still George." Some Information about Whitlock role though:
A Tale of the Christ

Before I saw the kidnapping scene in Joel and Ethan Coen‘s Fargo (18 years ago!), I had never heard the word “unguent.” And I haven’t heard it since. If I burn my hand I’ll put vaseline or petroleum jelly on it but the word “unguent” will never be acknowledged, much less spoken. And yet the Coens have some kind of fixation on this word because it’s turned up again on page 50 of their script of Hail Ceasar!, a dryly sardonic period comedy.


Hail Caesar! is actually the title of a Biblical-era film-within-the-film, seemingly based on Quo Vadis. The tone of the Coens’ script is…oh, half Barton Fink and half Burn After Reading…something like that. Pic is currently being cast and will shoot in the fall.

It basically follows the wily maneuverings of George Clooney‘s Eddie Mannix, a real-deal physical production chief and all-around fixer for MGM in the ’50s. Hail Caesar! is set in 1951, and the name of the studio is Capitol Pictures.


Josh Brolin might be playing Baird Whitlock, a none-too-bright, Robert Taylor-like leading man who’s starring in Hail Caesar! On the other hand Channing Tatum might be playing Whitlock…hard to be precise. My guess is that Brolin is playing Whitlock and Tatum is playing a personable but dumb-as-a-rock cowboy star named Hobie Doyle. Tilda Swinton is playing a red-haired, high-powered gossip columnist named Thora Thacker (i.e., Hedda Hopper), whose sister Thessaly Thacker (whom Swinton may also portray) is also a gossip columnist and Thora’s strongest competitor (i.e., Louella Parsons). Ralph Fiennes, I’m guessing, will play a heavily accented, somewhat-effete European director named Laurence Laurentz. Scarlett Johansson will play an actress (DeeAnna Moran) who’s gotten pregnant out of wedlock. I don’t know who Jonah Hill will play.
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More conflicting info...

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Coen Brothers' 'Hail, Caesar!' Gets Release Date


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It's official. The Coen Brothers' upcoming comedy starring George Clooney has a US release date.

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Not so fast: Universal Pictures will release the Coen Brothers' show business comedy "Hail, Caesar!" on Friday, February 5, 2016. The movie starts filming in January 2015.

The film stars George Clooney as Baird Whitlock, a 1950s Hollywood fixer who cleans up the messes of other movie stars. The film costars Ralph Fiennes, Josh Brolin, Tilda Swinton (who we interviewed here) and, according to IMDb, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson and Jonah Hill. Swinton says it's definitely a comedy. 

Back in Winter 2013, in the days of "Inside Llewyn Davis," the Coens told us in our Q&A that "Caesar" is "about the movie business and life and religion and faith."

The film will reunite the Coens with both Clooney -- who has starred in their more comedic fare including "O Brother Where Art Thou," "Burn After Reading" and "Intolerable Cruelty" -- and Brolin, who played Llewelyn Moss in "No Country For Old Men."

Check out our ranking of the Coens' oeuvre here; meanwhile, they wrote the most recent draft of Angelina Jolie's Christmas entry "Unbroken," adapted from the Laura Hillenbrand novel, and also have an upcoming collaboration with Steven Spielberg.

Or maybe the fixer's name is Baird Whitlock? But in the script Eddie Mannix is the fixer. Confusing...

Or maybe the blogger got it wrong. Seems like there's a lot of confusion about the casting. I guess it depends on who you ask and how reliable their connection is to the movie.

According to IMDb Josh Brolin is playing the fixer Eddie Mannix and George is the actor in the play Baird Whitlock, Maybee they  have recasted the film and given George another role?

I don't think we're going to know what's going on until the film comes out. Maybe the Coen brothers are just screwing with the press - telling everyone something different. Or maybe they haven't decided on who they want in each part. It could even be a problem of availability - who can be on hand when they're shooting certain parts.

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Holy "Hail, Caesar!" -- #ChanningTatum has officially signed on to star alongside #GeorgeClooney and #ScarlettJohansson in the #CoenBrothers' next project, which begins filming in January. Described as a 1950's period comedy "about the movie business, life, religion and faith", #HailCaesar hits theaters February 5, 2016!

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Hail, Caesar! So damn excited to get to work with the Coen Brothers!

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looks like George is actually playing Baird Whitlock




Here’s Everything We Know So Far About the Coen Brothers’ Next Movie

For many movie lovers, every film from the Coen brothers is an event—and now there’s another cinematic event on the horizon: This week, Universal Pictures announced an official synopsis and release date for the Coens’ next effort, called Hail, Caesar! The movie takes place “during the latter years of Hollywood’s Golden Age” and “follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.” After a series of dark (if also darkly funny) outings—Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit, A Serious Man—the Coen brothers seem poised to get goofy again.
Details about this project have been slowly coming to light over the last few months. The fixer mentioned in the brief synopsis will apparently be played by Josh Brolin, and his name is reportedly Eddie Mannix. That name also belonged to a real-life vice president and general manager of MGM under Louis B. Mayer and Dore Schary (who was played by Bob Hoskins in Hollywoodland), but it’s not yet clear how that Mannix and this Mannix are related. (Back in May, Deadline suggested the role had more in common with another fixture of 1950s Hollywood: private investigator Fred Otash.)

Also in the movie is Coen regular George Clooney. In fact, the project seems to go back several years to a planned project “about actors in the 1920s putting on a play about ancient Rome,” which the Coens, at the time, described as the third movie in their “Numbskull Trilogy” with Clooney, following O Brother Where Art Thou? and Intolerable Cruelty. Obviously the project has changed since then, but Clooney appears set to play an actor named Baird Whitlock. Carson Reeves at Scriptshadow says that the plot involves kidnapping and Communists and has echoes of The Big Lebowski.

Also in the movie is Coen regular George Clooney. In fact, the project seems to go back several years to a planned project “about actors in the 1920s putting on a play about ancient Rome,” which the Coens, at the time, described as the third movie in their “Numbskull Trilogy” with Clooney, following O Brother Where Art Thou? and Intolerable Cruelty. Obviously the project has changed since then, but Clooney appears set to play an actor named Baird Whitlock. Carson Reeves at Scriptshadow says that the plot involves kidnapping and Communists and has echoes of The Big Lebowski.

Thanks, I have not heard from the production company yet. There are quite a few scenes being shot in LA, and I would love to work with George again. I am hoping I can be part of this great movie. It would be background work, but I have done a lot of it so this one movie would be great for me. thanks for your thoughts. I hope it will come true. bg

Bgara, what's your work?

So it will start filming in January. Here is mailonline.

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Now it's official! Channing Tatum confirms he's starring with George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson in Coen Brothers film


Channing Tatum announced via social media on Saturday that he has officially joined George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson in the latest Coen Brothers film.
The 34-year-old actor has been linked to Hail, Caesar! for months but took to Instagram to confirm it.

'Holy ''Hail, Caesar!'' -- #ChanningTatum has officially signed on to star alongside #GeorgeClooney and #ScarlettJohansson in the #CoenBrothers' next project, which begins filming in January,' he wrote to his more than four million followers on Instagram.

'Described as a 1950's period comedy ''about the movie business, life, religion and faith'', #HailCaesar hits theaters February 5, 2016!,' he added.
The movie centers on Hollywood studio executive Eddie Mannix as a fixer in Hollywood and was written by Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen who will also direct.

Mannix will be played by Josh Brolin, 46, who previously worked with the Coen Brothers on No Country For Old Men and True Grit.


The film also features George Clooney, 53, who previously starred in the Coens Brothers' films O Brother Where Art Thou and Burn After Reading.
The star-studded cast also included Scarlett Johannson, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and Jonah Hill.
Channing has been moving into more serious roles and has received early rave reviews for his portrayal of Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Mark Schultz in the drama Foxcatcher due out later this month.

The Step Up star was slated to play a Gene Kelly-type actor in Hail, Caesar!, according to previous reports.
The Coen Brothers won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for their 2007 film No Country For Old Men.
They have written and directed numerous critically acclaimed and popular films including True Grit, Fargo, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski and Blood Simple.

I dont think Mail knows anything they're just copying other reports.
If you look at Roger Deakins' recent interview above on Hitfix and his official site, he clearly knows it starts shooting very soon this month and he's been in town on testing shootings since September.I dont think they're delaying till Jan.

It looks like it will start shoting in LA next Tuesday, November 11. 

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The Coen Brothers’ ‘Hail Caesar’, starring George Clooney & Channing Tatum, begins filming in L.A.

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Joel and Ethan Coen are about to start shooting their next movie, Hail Caesar, in Los Angeles.
The film follows a fixer named Eddie Mannix in 1950s Hollywood who works helps the studios protect their biggest stars.
The movie also has one of the best casts, ever. Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes have all signed on.

According to recent filming permits, Hail Caesar will be filming at 615 S Broadway, Los Angeles on Nov. 11 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

multiple reports:
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Coen Brothers’ ‘Hail Caesar!’ To Start Filming Monday

Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest feature Hail Caesar! is to start filming Monday in Los Angeles on location and in studios. The film, which boasts a starry cast including George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Jonah Hill, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johannson and Alden Ehrenreich, is a Hollywood satire set in the 1950s.

As usual, the Coen brothers wrote and directed the film, which is a Working Title/Mike Zoss production.
Hail Caesar! represents the eighth collaboration between the Coen brothers and Working Title production powerhouses Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The quartet previously worked together on A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, The Man Who Wasn’t There, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, Fargo and The Hudsucker Proxy.
Universe will release the film domestically February 5, 2016.

Again, THR and SD conflict about George's role:
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Coen Brothers' Hail, Caesar! to begin shooting Monday

Hail, Caesar!, Joel and Ethan Coen’s next film is set to begin principal photography on Monday (Nov 10) in studios and on location in Los Angeles.
Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Alden Ehrenreich and Jonah Hill star in the film set in Hollywood in the 1950’s.
The Coen brothers wrote and will direct the film.
Brolin plays Eddie Mannix, a Hollywood fixer in the 1950s who works to keep the studio’s stars in line. Clooney plays a movie star who is kidnapped while filming a Roman epic and spends the film dressed in period garb.
The film is a Working Title/Mike Zoss Production and is being produced by the Coens and Working Title Films’ Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan
It marks the eigth film collaboration between the Coen Brothers and Working Title following A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, TheMan Who Wasn’t There, O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Big Lebowski, Fargo and The Hudsucker Proxy.
Universal has dated the film for a Feb 2016 release date in the US.

So he'll be spending a lot of time in a toga..........?!

Sorry I read that THR piece wrong.
Hail! Caesar, the Coen Brothers' upcoming comedy, starring George Clooney as a 1950’s Hollywood film idol, is set to start principle photography on Monday in studios and on location in Los Angeles. 
George plays a movie star! He could play a Golden Age George Clooney Being Kidnapped

I'd like to see George in a toga!

George cast as a movie star? Perfect. Knowing the Coen Brothers work I'm sure George will play this role over the top.

Wonder if Amal would follow him to the LA set next week and they may spend the holidays there.

I hope so Sevens. I would think he would want Amal to be with him for Thanksgiving. He and his friends usually go to Cabo. Wonder if George ever goes to Kentucky for Thanksgiving and spends it with his family?

Silje wrote:It looks like it will start shoting in LA next Tuesday, November 11. 

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Joel and Ethan Coen are about to start shooting their next movie, Hail Caesar, in Los Angeles.
The film follows a fixer named Eddie Mannix in 1950s Hollywood who works helps the studios protect their biggest stars.
The movie also has one of the best casts, ever. Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes have all signed on.

According to recent filming permits, Hail Caesar will be filming at 615 S Broadway, Los Angeles on Nov. 11 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM.

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It would be nice if they spend the Thanksgiving together at Kentucky.

party animal - not! wrote:So he'll be spending a lot of time in a toga..........?!

Why not.  He looked good in a kilt

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party animal - not! wrote:So he'll be spending a lot of time in a toga..........?!

Why not.  He looked good in a kilt

When was he in a kilt?

Great news george is back in business .
He wore a kilt in intorable cruelty starring Catherine Zeta Jones .

Never saw that film.

I thought the kilt was just Joanna's imagination.

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Nice, nice...

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Yes, it's Day #2 of the shoot. My friend is working background today.



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My wife worked as an extra today (11/11/14), the second day of filming. They shot at the historic Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway in downtown L.A. and they used about a hundred extras for a movie audience. They also shot some scenes in other rooms, I believe, but she was just part of the movie audience, pretending to watch a movie (to be added via CGI in post!).
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Cute in the kilt .

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He's got the beat! Josh Brolin is a dapper in a brown suit and fedora as he air drums while on set of film Hail, Caesar! 





He has had an acting career that has spanned nearly 30 years.

But Josh Brolin showcased a little bit of his musical talent while filming his latest project.

The 46-year-old star was spotted with drumsticks in hand while on the Los Angeles set of his latest flick Hail, Caesar! on Wednesday.
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Keeping rhythm: Josh Brolin was seen air drumming while on the Los Angeles set of his film Hail, Caesar! on Wednesday

Josh looked handsome in Fifties era garb as he did a little bit of air drumming while waiting to film his next scene.

He donned a two-piece brown double-breasted suit featuring a large lapel, smart white shirt and brown leather brogues.

The W. star completed the look with a floral patterned red tie, burgundy suspenders and topped off the look with a brown fedora.
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Dapper: The 46-year-old looked handsome in Fifties era garb featuring a two-piece brown double-breasted suit
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Still swinging: The W. star completed the look with a smart white shirt, floral patterned red tie, brown leather brogues and a leather fedora atop his head

He had his salt and pepper locks combed back and had a prickly mustache on his face as he played around with the wooden percussion sticks.

The son of James Brolin was later seen without the jacket and headwear as he grabbed some lunch from the catering area on set.

Josh stars in the Coen brothers directed film as a character named Eddie Mannix, who according to the film's synopsis, is a Hollywood fixer that works to keep the studio's stars in line.
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Tuck job: He was later seen without the suit jacket and topper as he stored the wooden Vic Firth in his pants
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Fifties flare: The actor had his short salt and pepper locks combed back and showed off a prickly mustache

In May, Deadline suggested that Brolin's character has parallels to Fred Otash, a famous private investigator in the Fifties who used wiretaps to spy on celebrities.

The film takes place during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age following a day in the life of Josh's character.
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Food run: During one of the off-times on set Josh grabbed some lunch from catering

Hail, Caesar! is the eighth collaborative effort between Joel and Ethan Cohen, who are known for their work on No Country For Old Men and True Grit, as Variety reported began filming last week.

The project boasts an all-star cast including the likes of George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Ralph Fiennes and Ralph Fiennes.

Hail, Caesar! will be released in the US by Universal Pictures in February 2016.
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Challenging role: In the Coen brothers directed film, Josh will reportedly be playing a character named Eddie Mannix, who according to the film's synopsis, is a Hollywood fixer that works to keep the studio's stars in line

Hope they'll be filming outside on a Very Windy day !

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The Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! Adds Christopher Lambert

Hold onto your butts, ’cause this is an unexpected piece of casting information. Christopher Lambert, star of the most important ’80s genre pic ever, Highlander, has joined the cast of The Coen Brothers’ next comedy, Hail, Caesar!
The sibling duo’s upcoming chucklefest is based in the backlots and studios of Hollywood’s Golden Age, and follows the story of a ‘fixer’ named Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin). The title has nothing whatsoever to do with veterinary medicine. In 1950s Hollywood, this was the term applied to the dogsbodies who were given the boring lackey jobs on sets. When a famous starlet goes missing, it’s up to Mannix to track her down. It’s a brilliant premise that ought to be the perfect vessel for the Coens’ typically zany commentary on society.
As production began on the shoot earlier this month, the casting roster has plumped up further with today’s left field announcement. Per THR, Lambert’s role in the starry ensemble will be that of “Arne Slessum, a married European filmmaker whose 

scandalous affair with a young starlet becomes yet another headache for the studio.” Lambert has crafted a sizeable resume by appearing in so-bad-they’re-good genre titles like Fortress and Mortal Kombat. Hence our initial skepticism. Of course, it’s not unusual for the Coens to work with actors you wouldn’t expect.
Rounding out the remainder of the cast are Coen stalwarts Brolin, George Clooney, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, who’ll be welcoming newcomers Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes, David Krumholtz, Patrick Fischler and Fisher Stevens. A large ensemble that’s for sure, but expect many more announcements before Hail, Caesar! hits theatres on February 5th, 2016