The first trailer for the Coen Brothers’ newest film Burn After Reading has hit the internet. Burn is about two gym employees who find the memoirs of an outed CIA offical, and intent to exploit their find. Burn premiered at Cannes, and is set for a September 12th release date.

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A film adaptation of the 1922 short story “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

It’s a story around an 80-year-old man (Brad Pitt) who is born aging backwards, causing complications when he falls in love with a 30 year old woman (Cate Blanchett). Fincher said, “It’s dark, it’s romantic, and it also deals with mortality in a pretty unflattering way. The guy is born in 1919 – with the film itself beginning in World War I, traveling around the world and carrying on all the way through to the year 2000.”

Okay, the story-line is a bit confusing… but it’s got my attention. I’m a fan of the director and the actors. David Fincher has worked before with Brad Pitt in Fight Club, and Cate and Brad worked together in Babel. From watching Cate’s performance in Elizabeth (1 & 2) and Brad’s performance in The Assassination of Jesse James, they are both very mature actors and definitely bring any story to life with amazing emotion and reality.

This is David Fincher’s seventh film, and has a cameo by Pitt’s daughter Shiloh. The film will be released December 19, 2008.