# What's going on with the Coen brothers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 7, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026 "2025-05-07T17:59:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/1 "2025-05-07T17:59:15Z")
They haven’t made a movie together since 2018 and they’ve each made projects without the other. Have they permanently stopped working together or are they just on a break? On a separate issue, what’s the story on Ethan Coen’s marriage? He’s straight and his wife, Tricia Cook, is a lesbian. I figure people can marry whoever they want but I think it’s generally more usual for a lesbian to marry a woman and a straight man to marry a straight woman. I had sort of figured in the back of my mind that they had gotten married back before Cook realized she was gay. And when she did figure it out, they decided to stay married because of their two children and general happiness as a couple. But I just read an article which said Cook had known she was gay several years before she met Coen. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/2 "2025-05-07T18:27:18Z")
Yes they have a joint project in the works: > **[Coen Brothers’ next project to be a ‘pure’ horror movie - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64420149/)** > > IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. Some of us think people’s personal lives are private. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/3 "2025-05-07T18:40:30Z")
Wikipedia has a one sentence description of the Coen/Cooke marriage. It footnotes this article as reference: > **[Drive-Away Dolls: How Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke's Long Marriage Shaped...](https://www.moviemaker.com/drive-away-dolls-ethan-coen-tricia-cooke/)** > > How Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen collaborated on Drive-Away Dolls, a lesbian road trip movie decades in the making. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/4 "2025-05-07T18:55:51Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Some of us think people’s personal lives are private. Asking questions in order to understand is not a condemnation. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/5 "2025-05-07T19:57:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Asking questions in order to understand is not a condemnation. Yes. Furthermore, Ethan and Tricia are quite open about their unconventional, _happy_ marriage. Easily found online and worth looking into- I think their story is inspirational. (Scolding finger waggers notwithstanding.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/6 "2025-05-07T20:25:56Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Yes they have a joint project in the works: That article is from January 2024. Has this project moved past the writing stage? ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/7 "2025-05-08T02:10:29Z")
A trailer for Ethan and Tricia’s new movie dropped today. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/j952Akce7CU/maxresdefault.jpg "HONEY DON'T! | Official Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j952Akce7CU) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/8 "2025-05-08T03:10:40Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > A trailer for Ethan and Tricia’s new movie dropped today That was what prompted the thread. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/9 "2025-05-08T04:02:37Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Yes they have a joint project in the works: > > [Coen Brothers’ next project to be a ‘pure’ horror movie - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64420149/) > [@madmonk28](#): > > A trailer for Ethan and Tricia’s new movie dropped today. I’m wondering what the Coen brothers think a ‘pure’ horror movie is supposed to be. I watched the trailer, and it looks like an enticingly well made crime caper movie with elements of humor. In other words…a Coen brothers movie. But ‘pure’ horror? Seems to be stretching the definition, but I will definitely watch it. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/10 "2025-05-08T04:13:25Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I’m wondering what the Coen brothers think a ‘pure’ horror movie is supposed to be. I watched the trailer, and it looks like an enticingly well made crime caper movie with elements of humor. In other words…a Coen brothers movie. But ‘pure’ horror? Seems to be stretching the definition, but I will definitely watch it. This isn’t a horror movie, it’s the second in Ethan and Tricia’s lesbian B movie trilogy. Joel is not involved, so not a Cohen brother’s movie. > **[Ethan Coen's 'Drive-Away Dolls' Will Be The First Film In A "Lesbian B-Movie...](https://theplaylist.net/ethan-coens-drive-away-dolls-will-be-the-first-film-in-a-lesbian-b-movie-trilogy-20230626/)** > > Not only is "Drive-Away Dolls" the first part of a loose trilogy of films, but Ethan Coen is ready to make the second one next. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/11 "2025-05-08T04:14:46Z")
I get on with my brother, we have a great relationship. But if my job involved working with him day-in day-out I’m pretty sure I’d want a break to work with people who weren’t my brother after a few years 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/12 "2025-05-08T04:23:34Z")
A correction; I misspelled Tricia Cooke’s last name as Cook. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-coen-brothers/1018026/13 "2025-05-08T12:13:01Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > This isn’t a horror movie, it’s the second in Ethan and Tricia’s lesbian B movie trilogy. Joel is not involved, so not a Cohen brother’s movie. Ah, thanks for the clarification. So a Coen Brothers ‘pure horror’ movie is still in the works. Hopefully.