Burn After Reading is an upcoming comedy film, set for a September 12, 2008 release, starring John Malkovich, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt, and made by Joel and Ethan Coen. According to the Coens the plot will focus on the world of the CIA, physical fitness in Washington, D.C., and internet dating. The film is the follow up to the Academy Award winning No Country For Old Men and has been described by Tilda Swinton as ...a kind of monster caper movie. All of us are monsters - like, true monsters. It's ridiculous. It's much lighter than 'No Country for Old Men.
The film's title is a play on the book "Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence" by Adm. Stansfield Turner, Director of Central Intelligence from 1977-1981.
The first Coen Brothers film not photographed by Roger Deakins since Miller's Crossing (1990) in 1990.
