The Weinstein Co today sent out a press release announcing last week's start of production on Quentin Tarantino's upcoming WWII film Inglourious Basterds. You might notice that both words are misspelled, much like the early screenplay that got leaked onto the internet a few months back. That is the official title of the film, likely…
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If you've read the script, admit it: you're friggin' giddy over a farmhouse photo. The beauty of Tarantino is that the man is a perfectionist, a mad hatter for realizing violent fairy tales that make reality his gimpy bitch. The Quentin Tarantino Archives has the first shots of the newly constructed French farmhouse that will…
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Michael Fassbender, who played Stelios in 300, is now in talks for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming World War II film Inglorious Bastards. Fassbander is German and speaks the language fluently. So lets recap: Brad Pitt is signed on to star. Mike Myers and Eli Roth are also on board, and Nastassja Kinski, David Krumholtz and B.J.…
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Simon Pegg won't be appearing in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards after all. This is really a shame, because aside from Brad Pitt, he was my second favorite actor involved with the project. One thing is for sure, he would have made those scenes with Mike Myers a lot more watchable. When the story was first…
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UPDATE: Simon Pegg has dropped out of Inglorious Bastards due to "scheduling difficulties," per the brief explanation on his MySpace. OMG, Neal Schweiber is going to fight the Führer! Actor, Samm Levine, forever a babyface and best known for his role on Freaks and Geeks, is set to star as a Nazi-slaying U.S. soldier in…
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Tarantino Archives is reporting that Mike Myers has been cast in a small role in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming war film Inglorious Bastards. Update: Variety later confirmed that Myers will British General Ed French, "a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders." It's interesting to note the comedic casting…
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Brad Pitt has officially signed on to star as Aldo Raine in Quentin Tarantino's World War II film Inglorious Bastards. The story follows a group of of Jewish-American soldiers, lead by Pitt's character - a Tennessee hillbilly, whose mission is to take down a group of Nazis. Pitt will join Eli Roth as Sgt. Donnie…
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It looks like we might be in the full swing of the line-up reveal of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards. Yesterday it was revealed that friend and horror director Eli Roth was in talks to play Sgt. Donnie Donowitz. And tonight is was released in the trades that The Office star B.J. Novak is in talks…
Read MoreYou'll never guess who Quentin Tarantino has lined up to star in his epic World War II film Inglorious Bastards... Horror director Eli Roth Roth will play the role of Sgt. Donnie Donowitz., a baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter. Most of you probably remember that Roth also had a small part in Tarantino's last film Death…
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Breaking News: Universal Pictures have partnered with The Weinstein Co to produce Quentin Tarantino's World War II film Inglorious Bastards. Oh, and there was a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Southern California... According to Variety, Tarantino and Harvey Weinstein met with five studios last week, and ended up choosing Universal over Paramount. Seems like a bad…
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Hopefully, I'll have a script review of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards in shortly. After marinating on it for a few days, I don't feel that it's the knock out of the park that's been widely reported. One character vital to the script that suffers from weird incongruities is the main antagonist, Colonel Hans Landa aka…
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In this week's episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Devindra, and Adam debate whether Robert Downey Jr. would make a good Sherlock Holmes, celebrate Jon Favreau's return to Iron Man 2, and delve deeply into the cultural phenomenon that is Step Up 2: The Streets. Also, an in-depth review of Hellboy 2. Special guest Dave3 joins…
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Over the weekend, numerous sites reported that Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards had been sold to Miramax, the director's old haunts. But the rumor originated between the cushions of a relatively new source on the scene: Script Girl. Slashfilm patted the rumor with a napkin and decided to go about our day. According to Jeff Wells,…
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And then there were two. With Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards now scheduled to begin filming in October in time for Cannes 2009 (!), the script is making the studio rounds this week and the first two reviews have just hit the Web. The consensus: Holy S***. Our pal El Mayimbe at Latino Review describes the…
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UPDATED 07/09/08: QT is still keeping his sights on an opening at Cannes next May!!!! Inglorious Bastards begins shooting in October. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Weinsteins are co-producing the film and looking to team with another studio due to the film's "accelerated production schedule." Dude! UPDATED 07/08/08: Tarantino is reportedly now in talks…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Adam, and Devindra geek out about some brand new trailers, speculate on the future of The Office, and try to find some meaningful criticisms of Wall-E. Special Guests Kevin Buist from Filmcouch and Eric Vespe (AKA "Quint") from Aint it Cool News join us today. Have any questions/comments/suggestions?…
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Thar she blows. Not Tera Patrick, the NY Post's equally shameless Page Six, which reports that the porn starlet is in talks with Quentin Tarantino for his remake of Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill! Back in January, you may remember that the Post's Liz Smith reliably dished that Britney Spears, Eva Mendes and Kim Kardashian were…
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In this episode of the /Filmcast, Dave, Adam, and Devindra get disappointed in the new Futurama movie, discuss whether the new Get Smart measures up, and mourn the passing of one of the greatest comedic geniuses of our time. Christina Warren joins us from TUAW and Download Squad, and Sean Dwyer joins us from Film…
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Quentin Tarantino is on a hellfire mission, codename: Inglorious Bastards. This new BBC article implies that he's not backing down from his earlier claim that the film---now plural!---will be ready in time for next year's Cannes Film Festival. And yet, there's not even an official cast. It's now known that the legendary casting rumors over…
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Quentin Tarantino did a 40-minute interview with Enzo Castellari, the director of the original Inglorious Bastards (which Tarantino’s film is very loosely inspired by) for the three disc special edition dvd release. AICN has seen the interview and has a detailed rundown, which includes a few juicy tidbits about Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards. Two Films: Quentin…
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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…
Read MoreLet's go to the tape from Cannes! Shortly after a giggly French interviewer hands him a video camera and requests to "directed," Quentin Tarantino is asked what his next film will be. Will it be Kill Bill 3? Kill Bill 4 (those silly Frenchies!) No, he says, it will be Inglorious Bastards...coming to Cannes in…
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It's a slow Wednesday in 2008, so that must mean it's time to grind the rumor mill yet again for Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair DVD(s)! Uma Thurman teased MTV with news that Tarantino is currently working on a new anime to be included with the long-planned definitive edition of the director's…
Read MoreOh yes, my first Quentin Tarantino post here on the great Slash. Warning: I am not going to get to the point. There are some directors I still cannot wait to interview. Not Tarantino. Like Michael Jordan, a living Bobby Fisher, Gregory Isaacs, J.D. Salinger, the Rza, or my favorite ex gal, I'd rather just…
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Just when we thought Quentin Tarantino was finally going to focus on his WWII epic Inglorious Bastards, we learn that he already has plans for a Grindhouse sequel. According to Variety, "Rodriguez and Tarantino want to keep the Grindhouse series going. For his part, Tarantino wants to shoot an old-school Kung Fu movie in Mandarin…
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Inglorious Bastards will be Quentin Tarantino's next film, according to the Grindhouse director. "That will probably be the very next thing I do," Quentin told /Film at the Grindhouse junket. "Robert will probably be doing Sin City 2 coming up fairly shortly. I am going to kind of go on the road with this, around…
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