Coen Brothers Start Casting Serious Man

The Coen Brothers are already hard at work on their next film, a period black comedy titled A Serious Man, and have cast Michael Stuhlbarg and Richard Kind to star, reports Variety.

Stuhlbarg, a Tony-nominated actor with little experience in front of the cameras, and Kind, a character actor best known for his role on ABC’s Spin City, will star as brothers in the new film.

Set in 1967, the story centers on Larry Gopnik (Stuhlbarg), a Midwestern professor whose life begins to unravel when his wife sets out to leave him and his socially inept brother (Kind) won’t move out of the house.

Shooting is set to start at the beginning of next month in Minneapolis. Working Title is producing, and Focus Features will distribute.

Meanwhile the Coen’s latest, Burn After Reading, opens in theaters September 5.