When Quentin Tarantino announced at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival that he was finally going to make his big war epic Inglorious Bastards, I commented that Tarantino sometimes comes off like a compulsive liar. Because, lets face it, how many projects has this guy promised over the years that have not and probably will never come to fruition (The Vega Brothers, The Psychic Remake, the Kill Bill Prequel/sequel… etc). I think the guy just has a lot of ideas that he enjoys talking about.
A year earlier Tarantino told me he was going to write the script while doing international press for Grindhouse. The only reason I think he did Grindhouse was because he had Rodriguez kicking him in the ass the whole way. And don’t get me wrong, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Tarantino’s filmography, but I’ve just gotten tired of being excited about the unproduced projects he’s announced over the years. So when he revealed his plans to bring Bastards to the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, it seemed rather unlikely. But there might just be some truth to it after all.
Tarantino was scheduled to appear at the Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow events in Spain but made a last minute cancellation. The official word is that “He has cleared all appearances to begin preproduction on his new feature, Inglorious Bastards.” So it appears like Inglorious Bastards might be happening after all.
Tarantino has described Inglorious Bastards as a “Spaghetti Western set in France during World War II”. Based Loosely on the premise of The Dirty Dozen, the story centers around a rag tag group of soldiers that are sent on a deadly mission as an alternative to being court-marshaled or put to death. Over the years the rumored cast list has included the likes of Michael Madsen, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murph, Sly Stallone Paul Walker, Eddie Murphy, Sylvester Stallone, Tim Roth, Julie Dreyfus, Bo Svenson and Enzo Castellari.
source: Tarantino Archives via JoBlo
June 4th, 2008 at 2:36 am
While I’m very excited about IB. I hope this means he’s also finished with the Kill Bill Special Edition dvd set.
I’ve been waiting forever…
:I
June 4th, 2008 at 2:56 am
Tarantino has slowly lost it for me and seems that he is just needing somthing to do and that film might be good but I don’t think that it will have most of the people that are rumored to be in this
June 4th, 2008 at 4:28 am
any bets he uses the words damn tastey beverage at some point in the script
June 4th, 2008 at 5:05 am
jon,
haha I hope so. It’s what I like about his films, like running his own passed film quips or quotes through. Maybe throw in a “nigga” or two to get Spike Lee’s feathers ruffled a bit?
Disclaimer: I like Lee, but I like fights more.
June 4th, 2008 at 6:46 am
“Band of Muthas”?????
June 4th, 2008 at 6:52 am
You listed Sylvester Stallone and Eddie Murphy twice.
June 4th, 2008 at 7:15 am
thats cos eddie murphy can’t play more than one role,
and frankly sly kinda needs to something thats no doubt gonna be critically popular cos he lost everything from rocky when rambo came out (critically)
June 4th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Hunter’s gonna be pissed when he sees that you posted Tarantino news instead of him.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:31 am
@ Jackson
So pissed. ;)
June 4th, 2008 at 8:32 am
does anybody really care about this? how about tarantino does something original for a change? i would love to see something that isn’t a homage or ripping off the movies he likes.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Plot-wise, it does sound like it’s cut from the “Dirty Dozen” cloth, but it also sounds similar to the 1978 Italian film titled, yes, “Inglorious Bastards.”
June 4th, 2008 at 8:40 am
@ harrycaul
What makes his homages not original? Or rather, what makes his choices not original?
June 4th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Yeah!!!
June 4th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
“Based Loosely on the premise of The Dirty Dozen”
Nice phrasing of just another instance of him re-imagining a previous film with some side comments about french food and nazi foot massages.
June 4th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
How much do you wanna bet he has a close up of somebody’s feet again?
June 4th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Awesome its about time he got this project off the ground Cant wait!!
June 9th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Julie Dreyfus is hot!