Just in case you've been under a rock, or are one of those who refuse to participate in "low culture", the Coen brothers (No Country for Old Men) will write and direct the film adaptation of Michael Chabon's murder mystery, The Yiddish Policemen's Union for Columbia Pictures.
What? You haven't read it yet? Seriously? Well, then, I bet you haven't read his Pulitzer Prize winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay either.
By the way, it is not an "anti-Zionist" book as purported in the Iranian (yes, Iran) press. Alternate Universe (AU for aca/fans), yes, but not anti-Zionist.