Coen Brother Creates Drive-Away Dykes

If you've seen the trailers for Grindhouse or Black Snake Moan, you know that '70s exploitation is all the rage among American indie filmmakers.

And now the genre is getting queered up, but by an unlikely source - Ethan Coen (half of the legendary Coen Brothers) and his wife Tricia Cooke, whose script for Drive-Away Dykes is already generating deafening buzz.

Alison Anders (Grace of My Heart, Mi Vida Loca) has been attached to direct the sexy road comedy, perhaps best described by its tagline: "Women on the road. All kinds of action."

While these folks are all straight, Anders has frequently presented compassionate and funny queer characters in her films, and Dykes promises to deliver a Russ Meyer-esque blend of thrills, laughs, and smokin' babes.

The filmmakers hope to begin production this year.