Hollywood's Coen brothers saddle up for war drama

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Hollywood comedy kings Joel and Ethan Coen are launching production on a war drama entitled "No Country for Old Men," the industry press said.

The pair, who created mega-hits such as 2000's "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," "The Big Lebowski" (1998), and the 1996 Oscar-winner "Fargo," will adapt the film from Cormac McCarthy's novel, Daily Variety said.

Actors Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem are in talks to star in the movie that is expected to boast a strong ensemble cast, according to the industry bible.

Set in Texas in 1980, the movie tells the tale of a Vietnam War veteran who stumbles over the remnants of a drug deal gone bad and becomes the target of two vicious assassins who want the money back.

The film, a co-production of...