So is this one of the Coen Brothers cult hits, or genuine hits?
Because let's face it, they only make hits.
You're watching Beyond The Trailer's review of Hail Caesar!
Movies about Hollywood typically don't do very well at the box office - but have you seen this
cast?! In an effort to mimic the calvalcade of stars popular in 1950s Hollywood, the Coen
Brothers have put together an actual calvalcade that could challenge any of those old line-ups.
Sure there are returning Coen Brothers favorites like George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Francis
McDormand and Scarlett Johansson, but it's the newcomers that make this film even more
tantalizing. Channing Tatum in a Coen Brothers movie? Combine that with his recent turn in
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, and it's clear Tatum is serious about upping his
artistic game by the age-old strategy of association. And it seems the Coen Brothers have put him
to good use, as Tatum - who got his start as a dancer, both exotic and professional
- has been cast as a Jimmy Cagney dance-type. Then after working with Martin Scorsese, Jonah
Hill is also making his Coen Brothers' debut, as is Ralph Fiennes who we always knew could
be funny thanks to movies like In Bruges - but he really came into his own as a comedy star
with The Grand Budapest Hotel. The Coen Brothers have cherry-picked another Wes Anderson favorite,
Tilda Swinton, plus made the unusual decision of giving a rather large role to Aiden Ehrenreich
from...Beautiful Creatures? What do the Coen Brothers know that we don't? Something that
the Coen Brothers definitely don't know is what mainstream audiences want, as they're
box office track record is awfully spotty. For instance Inside Llewyn Davis made just
thirteen million at the box office. Now a lot more people are into old Hollywood and
the days of the studio system than the folk music scene, but then again nobody went to
see Trumbo. And that starred Walter White! Alright, Channing Tatum, time to prove your
worth. His record breaking Lip Sync Battle - twenty-one million views in two weeks - didn't
do much to help The Hateful Eight at the box office, but maybe it'll rub off here...?