Germany Already Writing Auf Tarantino's Bastards? (E! Online)
E! Online - Quentin Tarantino is entering Tom Cruise territory.

Casting Couch: Quentin Finds Fraulein; Pen??lope and Pedro Together Again (E! Online)
E! Online - • Quentin Tarantino is swapping muses. Uma Thurman is out and Diane Kruger (Troy) is in as the femme fatale in the Pulpmeister's highly-anticipated World War II drama, Inglorious Bastards.

‘Inglorious Bastards’ teaser …
This could be fan made, but who cares… its bad ass and it makes us even more eager for this upcoming Tarantino war flick. There is also some news about the director of photography for the movie. from JoBlo: “Robert Richardson is serving as director of photography. As a point of reference, Richardson has been a go-to [...]

Is Quentin Tarantino Compromising ‘Inglorious Bastards’?
When Quentin Tarantino made his bold statement at Cannes that he would be there in one year with Inglorious Bastards, everyone laughed and shook their heads saying “Ooh, Quentin, you rascal, you” and then continued about their business. Pretty much immediately after the amusing quote, Tarantino went and finished his script and then started casting and scouting locations like a mad man; this told us he was actually serious and was out to prove it. So here we are. The movie is looking to start

Kruger, Waltz & Rust Joining Inglorious Bastards
Inglorious Bastards writer/director Quentin Tarantino has cast actors Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz and Paul Rust in the Weinstein Co./Universal drama.

Quentin Snags a Few More 'Bastards'
Bastards, bastards, bastards! The best part about Quentin Tarantino appropriating the title for his upcoming movie from Enzo Castellari's high-energy original is that I get to satisfy my inner 11-year-old and tell you all about the latest Inglorious Bastards withour fear of recrimination from parental figures. Diane Kruger is the highest-profile new bastard, according to Variety, joined by Christoph Waltz and writer / actor / comedian Paul Rust. Kruger, the hellenic beauty who first made a splash on these

Indie Weekend Box Office: Snipped 'Sukiyaki Western Django' Draws First
Take one renegade Japanese director, set him to work on a Spaghetti Western, add a cameo by a talkative American filmmaker, and what do you get? First place in the indie four-day weekend box office race. Sukiyaki Western Django, directed by the prolific and extremely versatile Takashi Miike and featuring Quentin Tarantino in a small role, tore it up at the single Manhattan theatre where it opened, grossing $13,100, according to estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo. The version released in the US does not r

Tarantino Snags a Bitch and Several More Bastards
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Troy stars reteam for Quentin Tarantino
German actress Diane Kruger is to reteam with Troy co-star Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's new war movie Inglorious Bastards.Kruger will play a German movie star in the film, which features Pitt as a hillbilly leading a band of Jewish vigilante soldiers in World War Two. Comment on this Article She says, "I just found out I'm going to do Tarantino's next film with Brad Pitt and I'm very excited. Quentin just called."Both stars have been part of the Venice Film Festival in Italy this past week - Pitt w

Indie Spotlight: New Releases for August 29
Filed under: Action, Animation, Comedy, Foreign Language, Independent, New Releases, Quentin Tarantino, Cinematical Indie, Indie SpotlightThe last weekend of the summer means the multiplexes will be crammed with Hollywood's leftover products, most of them rolled out without being screened for critics (never a good sign). But don't despair! The Indie Spotlight is here to fill you in on the limited-release, art-house films opening this weekend, and if they're not playing where you live, you can keep an eye ou

Review: Sukiyaki Western Django
Filed under: Action, New Releases, New in Theaters, Quentin Tarantino, Cinematical Indie, WesternBy chance, two Takashi Miike movies, Dead or Alive and Audition, opened in my town with in a week of one another in 2001. It was pretty eye opening seeing the huge difference between them, the speedy carnage of the former and the slow suspense of the latter, and I became an instant fan. Since then I've managed to track down just six more Miike movies, and in that same time he has made over forty (including video

Troy stars reteam for Quentin Tarantino
German actress Diane Kruger is to reteam with Troy co-star Brad Pitt in Quentin Tarantino's new war movie Inglorious Bastards.Kruger will play a German movie star in the film, which features Pitt as a hillbilly leading a band of Jewish vigilante soldiers in World War Two. Comment on this Article She says, "I just found out I'm going to do Tarantino's next film with Brad Pitt and I'm very excited. Quentin just called."Both stars have been part of the Venice Film Festival in Italy this past week - Pitt w

Quentin Tarantino Gets His German Girl
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Vulture’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’ Casting Scorecard
With shooting for Quentin Tarantino's ensemble WWII epic, Inglorious Bastards, scheduled to begin in October — and just eight and a half months until the movie's promised screening at 2009's Cannes Film Festival — casting news has been trickling in daily for the past few weeks. Which roles have been filled? Which ones are still open? And when will Quentin find a suitable Hitler? After the jump, with the help of the screenplay, we break it down for all the film's major-ish speaking parts —

Return of ‘Entourage’ is Can’t Miss TV
“Entourage,” the first-ever make-believe reality show, is back. (HBO, Sunday, 10 p.m.) Movies In the 1960s, Italian director Sergio Leone crafted a series of spaghetti westerns that placed stoic heroes in the midst of harsh, grimy, violent, sometimes macabre conditions to create hyper-realistic conflict. So what happens when Japanese cult director Takashi Miike pays homage to Leone’s “A Fistful of Dollars” by mixing samurai elements with the American western, adding loads of gun play and bloodshed

Tarantino Casts 'The Jew Hunter' In 'Inglorius Bastards'
Chief villain of 'Inglorious Bastards' Hans Landa 'The Jew Hunter' has been cast and will be played by 51-year-old German TV actor Christoph Waltz. Landa is the diabolical Nazi colonel who demonstrates a useful knack for sniffing out hiding Jews in Axis-occupied Europe. German movie star Bridget Von Hammersmark will now be played by Diane Kruger (Troy). Paul Rust, who played 'Wheelchair Darren' in 'Semi-Pro' has also joined the cast. Shooting is scheduled to start in seven weeks! Expect more cast announ

We Predicted It - FASTER, BRITNEY! SPEAR! SPEAR!
On December 4, 2006, we (jokingly) prophesied that Britney Spears would co-star with Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan in a remake of Russ Meyer’s exploitation classic, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Our prophecy now turns out to be at least one-third true. Britney apparently IS going to be starring in a Pussycat remake – directed by Quentin Tarantino, no less. You can read about it in the U.K. Telegraph, a story tastefully entitled Britney Spears to Play Lesbian Killer in Quentin Tarantino Film.

SIMON’S BLOG: Bad news.
Much to our mutual disappointment, I won't be appearing in QT's forthcoming Inglorious Bastards due to insurmountable scheduling difficulties. We really tried to make it work but in the end, it just was not possible without severe ramifications elsewhere. I'm trying to remain upbeat, as Tom Selleck said "Who the hell is Indiana Jones anyway?"Sx

Movie News - Tarantino Finds Two New Bastards
And the Tarantino casting craze continues… According to The Hollywood Reporter, German-born

B.J. Novak lines up 'Bastards'
B.J. Novak could soon be going from pushing paper to fighting Nazis. "The Office" star is in talks to play one of the soldiers in "Inglorious Bastards," Quentin Tarantino's long-gestating film about a band of Jewish resisters in Vichy-era France. Novak is expected to play PFC Utivich, described as a soldier of slight build who comes from New York.

Mike Myers enlists in 'Bastards'
Tarantino recruits actor to play British general Mike Myers has been recruited by Quentin Tarantino to join the ensemble cast of "Inglorious Bastards," the Tarantino-scripted pic that the Weinstein Co. and Universal will put into production Oct. 13 in Germany. Myers will play British Gen. Ed Fenech, a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders. Brad Pitt recently committed to star in the film, along with Eli Roth, and Tarantino is also courting Simon Pegg, Nastassj

Unfortunate Inglorious Bastards casting news.
Quentin Tarantino turned John Travolta's entire career around with a memorable role in "Pulp Fiction," and now he's lending a similar hand to Mike Myers. According to Variety, the comedian who packed them in with the "Austin Powers" series and is the voice of the world famous green ogre "Shrek," is set to join the cast of the director's WWII thriller, "Inglorious Bastards." No, this isn't some bizarre revamp of Myers character Fat Bastard from the "Powers" films. Instead, Tarantino's long-await

This is the weirdest fucking cast, but okay.
Inglorious Bastards writer/director Quentin Tarantino has cast actors Diane Kruger, Christoph Waltz and Paul Rust in the Weinstein Co./Universal drama. They join Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbender, B.J. Novak and Samm Levine. Kruger ("National Treasure" films) plays German actress Bridget Von Hammersmark, who figures prominently in a plot to sabotage the Nazis. It is a role for which Nastassja Kinski was first mentioned. Waltz, who is best known in Germany for his television work, has la

Brad Pitt is officially a 'Bastard'
Brad Pitt has closed his deal to star in "Inglorious Bastards," the WWII drama that Quentin Tarantino will direct for the Weinstein Co. and Universal. Additionally, Nastassja Kinski is in early talks to play one of the sole female roles in the film. Casting the German-born actress jibes with Tarantino's habit of resuscitating dormant careers. Kinski, who has stayed away from mainstream American films for nearly a decade, would play a German movie queen. Much of the pic's dialogue is in French or Germa

Simon Pegg pulls out of Tarantino's latest
Simon Pegg has bowed out of Quentin Tarantino's forthcoming second world war romp Inglorious Bastards due to scheduling conflicts, the actor has reluctantly revealed on his blog. "Much to our mutual disappointment, I won't be appearing in QT's forthcoming Inglorious Bastards", wrote Pegg, who had been lined up to play Lieutenant Hicox, a British soldier. "We really tried to make it work but in the end, it just was not possible without severe ramifications elsewhere." Pegg also announced via his blog t