Brad Pitt in talks for Quentin's INGLORIOUS BASTARDS?

by Matt Holmes

It feels like it has taken a life time to happen but finally Quentin Tarantino's decade in the making World War II epic Inglorious Bastards looks to be prepping for an October start date, as he wants this baby in the can early next year ready for a premiere at Cannes. Ambitious of course but certainly not impossible if everything runs smoothly for him. Nikki Finke at her Deadline Hollywood Daily blog says the project has been offered to Universal, Sony, Warner Bros. and Paramount with Harvey Weinstein of course producing AND that Brad Pitt is "confirmed" to be in talks for the movie.

If he accepts, it will be Pitt's first war movie and the first time he has worked with the directing side of Tarantino. He did of course read his lines and play one of his characters early in his career with True Romance which Tarantino wrote but Tony Scott directed. After the disaster of Grindhouse, understandably the studio's are thinking long and hard over whether they can trust Quentin with their cash but a few more castings like this and they will soon come around. And Quentin lives up to his word. He said he wanted his movie to be epic, the biggest Hollywood stars just like the old days with flicks like The Longest Day, The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape. They really don't come much bigger than Pitt - has he found his Steve McQueen?
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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.