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As you can imagine, whatever film the Coen Brothers decided to make after the tour de force that was No Country for Old Men was going to get some attention. It is only natural, seeing as No Country only solidified for most of the world what many of us already know — those Coens know how to make a damn good movie.

Their next damn good movie is tentatively titled Burn After Reading. It stars John Malkovich as a malcontent former CIA agent who decides to write some national secrets into his memoirs. His wife, played by Tilda Swinton, decides to steal these secrets but mistakenly hands them over to two half-witted gym employees, played by Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand. When the two conspire to sell the information to pay for the latter’s plastic surgery, the CIA sends in another agent, played by George Clooney, to sort it all out to whatever end necessary. It is a concept that absolutely reeks of comedy, the devious kind of comedy that the Coens have been delivering for years.

Now that you know the players, we can show you some photos, which were released yesterday by the folks at Focus Features. As you can see from the last one, we are in for an interesting ride — a ride that includes Malkovich! And that is never a bad thing.

Burn After Reading will make its debut at the Venice Film Festival on August 27th, with a theatrical release scheduled for September 12th.