First Look: Jeff Bridges & Hailee Steinfeld In The Coen Brothers' 'True Grit'

Another scan from a reader from the Fall preview issue of EW (not yet online) has given us out first look at the Coen Brothers' high anticipated "True Grit."

No, it's not really a remake of the John Wayne classic, instead it's new version that will apparently stick a bit more closely to the same source material of Charles Portis' novel.

Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld star in the film that follows a young girl (Steinfeld) who acquires the assistance of aging, drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn (Bridges) and young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf (Damon) to track down her father's killer, Tom Chaney (Brolin), who has taken to a gang led by "Lucky" Ned Pepper (Pepper).

"I've never even seen the original," Matt Damon told EW. "The only reason I know I'm playing Glenn Campbell's old part is that people keep asking me if I'm going to be singing in the movie. But our movie is totally different. Joel & Ethan just stumbled upon the book and were like, 'Oh God, this is terrific. The dialogue is just fantastic!' "

It's a helluva cast, and with promise of the usual crackling dialogue from the Coens and tale of vengeance with in a western milieu we're pretty excited. The film will open on December 25th and we really couldn't ask for a better Christmas present. Updated: Hitfix got their hands on a bigger version.