Coen brothers to film Western series in Santa Fe

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the highly anticipated Western from acclaimed writer-directors Joel and Ethan Coen, will be filmed in Santa Fe this summer. Details of the production’s scope, subject material and cast remain largely under wraps, but an open casting call released Monday said the project would begin shooting in the area in July. The Coen brothers’ first-ever television-style venture represents a major get for Santa Fe in what local film industry sources expect to be another busy summer production season. Variety first reported the Coens’ new project in January, writing that the limited anthology series would feature six storylines set in the “Old West.”...more