New Coen brothers film to open Sept. 12

NEW YORK, March 3 (UPI) -- Focus Features announced Joel and Ethan Coen's new dark spy-comedy "Burn After Reading" is to hit U.S. theaters Sept. 12.

The brothers are the Academy Award-winning directors of this year's Best Picture Oscar winner "No Country for Old Men."

They are also the writers, producers and directors of Focus Features and Working Title Films' "Burn After Reading," which co-stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins and Tilda Swinton.

The Coen brothers' other films include "Blood Simple," "Raising Arizona," "Fargo" and "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?"