The Coen brothers can certainly pick their ensembles. Their latest, period Hollywood comedy Hail Caesar!, is a prime example of their casting prowess at work. The eclectic trio of Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes are all in negotiations to join the cast{
Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest pokes into the world of Hollywood fixers and private eyes, who dug up dirt and kept stars in line during the 1950s. Eddie Mannix is our (anti?)hero, working for the studios to make sure no sleazy stories break around the actors in their movies. The film already boasts Coen veterans George Clooney and Josh Brolin.
Tatum, whose has worked with a variety of great directors as his career surged in the last few years, appears to be continuing his run. He’s on to play a Gene Kelly-type, while Fiennes would play Laurence Lorenz, a salaried studio director. Swinton, meanwhile, will be on the other side of the studio gates, hunting for juicy stories as a gossip columnist along, we're guessing, the Louella Parsons or Hedda Hopper lines.
Fiennes recently finished shooting Russian drama Mesyats v Derevne and is expected to be back on duty as M in the next Bond film. Swinton is at work on Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, Trainwreck, while Tatum has awards-buzzed drama Foxcatcher due at Christmas and the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending, which recently shifted to next year.