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US actor Channing Tatum poses in the press room at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California, USA, 13 April 2014. Image Credit: EPA

Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen will turn their wit on the complex workings of Hollywood’s studios in a comedy featuring George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, Universal Pictures said on Wednesday.

Hail, Caesar!, scheduled for release on February 5, 2016, will follow a day in the life of a studio fixer who must tackle numerous challenges, the Comcast Corp-owned studio said in a statement.

Set in the later years of Hollywood’s golden age, the film will also star Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and Jonah Hill.

The Coen Brothers have previously won the best screenplay Oscar for 1996’s Fargo and three Oscars including best director and picture for 2007’s No Country for Old Men. They also co-wrote the screenplay for Angelina Jolie’s upcoming directorial effort, Unbroken, also made by Universal.

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Director and actor George Clooney attends the premiere of "The Monuments Men" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. Image Credit: AP
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Actress Scarlett Johansson arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" at the El Capitan Theatre on March 13, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Image Credit: Agency
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