Inglorious Bastards - Tarantino's Next Project!
06-24-08, 12:48 PM
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Could it really be happening this time?:
Quentin Tarantino Talks Inglorious Bastards
Source: BBC News
June 24, 2008
"BBC News attended the Provincetown Film Festival last weekend where Quentin Tarantino talked about his now finished script for Inglorious Bastards, a "modern, in-your-face" World War II epic.
Tarantino maintains he is moving into pre-production right away and that no decisions about casting have been made.
Although the film has been described as his version of 1967's The Dirty Dozen, the filmmaker said, "what actually got me to sit down and put pen to paper was 'hey wouldn't it be fun to do a 'Dirty Dozen' kind of thing?' It doesn't look anything like 'The Dirty Dozen.'"
He added that he doesn't "want it to feel like a period film. I want it to feel current. I want it to feel right now. One of the things I have to battle against is 30 years of Nazi-occupation TV movies where we've all seen the big streets and the vintage cars and the Swastikas, and we've just seen that ad nauseum."
"This is a modern, in-your-face movie. This is not a TV movie period piece," Quentin said. He hopes to have the project done within 11 months in time for next year's Cannes Film Festival."
Quentin Tarantino Talks Inglorious Bastards
Source: BBC News
June 24, 2008
"BBC News attended the Provincetown Film Festival last weekend where Quentin Tarantino talked about his now finished script for Inglorious Bastards, a "modern, in-your-face" World War II epic.
Tarantino maintains he is moving into pre-production right away and that no decisions about casting have been made.
Although the film has been described as his version of 1967's The Dirty Dozen, the filmmaker said, "what actually got me to sit down and put pen to paper was 'hey wouldn't it be fun to do a 'Dirty Dozen' kind of thing?' It doesn't look anything like 'The Dirty Dozen.'"
He added that he doesn't "want it to feel like a period film. I want it to feel current. I want it to feel right now. One of the things I have to battle against is 30 years of Nazi-occupation TV movies where we've all seen the big streets and the vintage cars and the Swastikas, and we've just seen that ad nauseum."
"This is a modern, in-your-face movie. This is not a TV movie period piece," Quentin said. He hopes to have the project done within 11 months in time for next year's Cannes Film Festival."
06-24-08, 03:54 PM
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Maybe Cannes 2010 or 2011 but he's not gonna film a 4+ hour, 2 part epic war film ready in 11 months when they don't even have a cast, shooting locations, or probably even a finished script.
06-24-08, 04:14 PM
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this seems pretty big for him. Not that I dont think he CAN do it, but this looks like a production that could be plagued and end up broken down at the end.
who knows. I mean..hes been throwing this around for how long now?..
who knows. I mean..hes been throwing this around for how long now?..
07-09-08, 07:59 PM
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Tarantino going into battle with next film
Wednesday July 9 8:22 AM ET
Quentin Tarantino will start shooting his next film, the World War II action tale "Inglorious Bastards," in October, with hopes of having it ready in time for the Cannes Film Festival next May.
The long-gestating project revolves around a "Dirty Dozen"-like group of soldiers behind enemy lines. No cast is yet in place, though Brad Pitt's name has surfaced.
Tarantino acquired the title and remake rights to Enzo Castellari's 1978 film of the same name, but his screenplay is said to be an original.
The project is set up at the closely held Weinstein Co., which is looking to co-finance it with a major studio in exchange for foreign rights.
Weinstein Co. principals Bob and Harvey Weinstein have a long history with Tarantino, stretching from 1994's "Pulp Fiction" through the filmmaker's most recent effort, the commercially disappointing "Grindhouse" films in 2007.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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From deadlinehollywooddaily.com:
Quentin Tarantino has just gone out with his long-anticipated script about World War II. But here's the weird thing sources are telling me: not only is Lawrence Bender attached to produce Inglorious Bastards, but also Harvey Weinstein who will be producing as well but not financing it. This certainly adds fuel to those rumors that The Weinstein Co is having movie money woes. After all, one of the ways that The Weinstein Co attracted investors was by hyping its creative connection to the Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill 1 & 2 writer/director who has long made a lot of money for a lot of people. But now only Harv, and not his investors, could potentially profit from the connection? Unreal. And let's not forget that The Weinstein Co produced and financed Quentin's last pic Grindhouse/Death Proof that tanked at the box office because of Weinstein's own admission that he erred in releasing it in the U.S. market as half of a too-long 3-hour, 12-minute double-feature. (UPDATE: QT and Harvey Weinstein lunched very visibly at Ago on Melrose today. Just in case anyone thought there was a rift...)
This latest Tarantino epic, originally for Miramax and originally set for 2001, has been so long in the works that some people thought it might never see the light of day. Tarantino himself has described it as a Spaghetti Western meets World II film that's an homage to 1967's The Dirty Dozen and its derivatives with a story about a group of soldiers on their way to be executed who get the chance of a reprieve. I hear it's gone out to Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount (all yesterday) and Sony (today). As usual, there's a lot of secrecy surrounding this Quentin project sent out by William Morris. In a BBC documentary done around the time of Pulp Fiction's release, Tarantino said that he always wanted to do a "guys on a mission" film and thought Where Eagle's Dare was the best of the genre. Some believe that Quentin's latest script is inspired by the 1978 Italian movie Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato which he has gushed over in interviews and is a more extreme version of The Dirty Dozen. Tarantino's script comes out just as the Enzo G. Castellari inspiration is heading to DVD...
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Tarantino going into battle with next film
Wednesday July 9 8:22 AM ET
Quentin Tarantino will start shooting his next film, the World War II action tale "Inglorious Bastards," in October, with hopes of having it ready in time for the Cannes Film Festival next May.
The long-gestating project revolves around a "Dirty Dozen"-like group of soldiers behind enemy lines. No cast is yet in place, though Brad Pitt's name has surfaced.
Tarantino acquired the title and remake rights to Enzo Castellari's 1978 film of the same name, but his screenplay is said to be an original.
The project is set up at the closely held Weinstein Co., which is looking to co-finance it with a major studio in exchange for foreign rights.
Weinstein Co. principals Bob and Harvey Weinstein have a long history with Tarantino, stretching from 1994's "Pulp Fiction" through the filmmaker's most recent effort, the commercially disappointing "Grindhouse" films in 2007.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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From deadlinehollywooddaily.com:
Quentin Tarantino has just gone out with his long-anticipated script about World War II. But here's the weird thing sources are telling me: not only is Lawrence Bender attached to produce Inglorious Bastards, but also Harvey Weinstein who will be producing as well but not financing it. This certainly adds fuel to those rumors that The Weinstein Co is having movie money woes. After all, one of the ways that The Weinstein Co attracted investors was by hyping its creative connection to the Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill 1 & 2 writer/director who has long made a lot of money for a lot of people. But now only Harv, and not his investors, could potentially profit from the connection? Unreal. And let's not forget that The Weinstein Co produced and financed Quentin's last pic Grindhouse/Death Proof that tanked at the box office because of Weinstein's own admission that he erred in releasing it in the U.S. market as half of a too-long 3-hour, 12-minute double-feature. (UPDATE: QT and Harvey Weinstein lunched very visibly at Ago on Melrose today. Just in case anyone thought there was a rift...)
This latest Tarantino epic, originally for Miramax and originally set for 2001, has been so long in the works that some people thought it might never see the light of day. Tarantino himself has described it as a Spaghetti Western meets World II film that's an homage to 1967's The Dirty Dozen and its derivatives with a story about a group of soldiers on their way to be executed who get the chance of a reprieve. I hear it's gone out to Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount (all yesterday) and Sony (today). As usual, there's a lot of secrecy surrounding this Quentin project sent out by William Morris. In a BBC documentary done around the time of Pulp Fiction's release, Tarantino said that he always wanted to do a "guys on a mission" film and thought Where Eagle's Dare was the best of the genre. Some believe that Quentin's latest script is inspired by the 1978 Italian movie Quel Maledetto Treno Blindato which he has gushed over in interviews and is a more extreme version of The Dirty Dozen. Tarantino's script comes out just as the Enzo G. Castellari inspiration is heading to DVD...
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07-10-08, 09:08 AM
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A couple script reviews
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37401
http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exc...-bastards-4978
Here is an excert:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37401
http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exc...-bastards-4978
Here is an excert:
Spoiler:
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07-10-08, 10:01 AM
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Even if this goes into production in October, what are the odds of this showing at Cannes? This sounds like an 3+ hours WWII epic, this is not getting filmed, edited, sound mixed and printed for a may showing. Maybe they meant to say Cannes 2010.
07-10-08, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by RyoHazuki
Maybe Cannes 2010 or 2011 but he's not gonna film a 4+ hour, 2 part epic war film ready in 11 months when they don't even have a cast, shooting locations, or probably even a finished script.
Tarantino needs to talk to Clint Eastwood for pointers.
07-10-08, 11:28 AM
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Those script reviews got me pretty excited. I know Tarantino has a kick-ass war film in him. I really hope this gets made asap, but I wish he was getting the dream cast of Arnold, Sly and Bruce together. Imagine how insanely kick ass that would be. Although, it might be kinda hard to buy Arnold killing Nazi's with a thick Austrian accent.
07-10-08, 11:49 AM
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Just watched Death Proof. Plain boring.
Let's hope the next one is a good movie. Does not sound like it if it is a remake of the Dirty Dozen (sorry "hommage" - by the way the main "hommage" done by Tarantino is probably to Kubrick's The Killing)
This director is like Kevin Smith, they both need to grow up.
Let's hope the next one is a good movie. Does not sound like it if it is a remake of the Dirty Dozen (sorry "hommage" - by the way the main "hommage" done by Tarantino is probably to Kubrick's The Killing)
This director is like Kevin Smith, they both need to grow up.
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07-10-08, 12:38 PM
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Death Proof is many things, but boring is not one of them. And I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Tarantino to become Terrence Mallick 2.0--for better or worse, he'll always make B movies. Expertly written, tightly plotted B movies, the best B movies ever made, but B movies nonetheless.
Last I heard, QT was writing parts for Madsen, Willis, Stallone, and Sandler. Anyone else?
Last I heard, QT was writing parts for Madsen, Willis, Stallone, and Sandler. Anyone else?
07-10-08, 01:17 PM
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An issue with QT is for better or worse, like you said. He's a genre man, to make it even worse to some he's a HEAVY homage kind of guy. I like him for that, being a Film Major makes me admire him so. But all I remember from years back is the Madsen Rumor...it'd be interesting if Buscemi got a role in this thing.
07-10-08, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Jericho
Tarantino needs to talk to Clint Eastwood for pointers.
07-10-08, 02:51 PM
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I'd like to see Sam Jackson, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke (maybe), Michael Parks, Willis, Madsen, Tom Jane, Ving Rhames, etc.
Wonder if we'll get two movies or one really long one.
Wonder if we'll get two movies or one really long one.
07-10-08, 08:45 PM
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I'd like to see Sam Jackson, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke (maybe), Michael Parks, Willis, Madsen, Tom Jane, Ving Rhames, etc.
Wonder if we'll get two movies or one really long one.
Wonder if we'll get two movies or one really long one.
07-10-08, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by grrr
Death Proof is many things, but boring is not one of them. And I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Tarantino to become Terrence Mallick 2.0--for better or worse, he'll always make B movies. Expertly written, tightly plotted B movies, the best B movies ever made, but B movies nonetheless.
07-10-08, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
I thought that was Shyamalan's thing?
Both he and Tarantino are pretty full of themselves, but at least Tarantino knows when to leave his ego at the door.
07-13-08, 01:26 PM
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I read the first two-thirds of the script before losing interest, shortly after the scene where the German officers were playing the card game. That bit just stopped the whole thing dead for me; I just didnt' give a shit about them and it seemed like their story was just taking up page after page.
In order to pull this off, QT is going to need a lot of "star" power to not only carry the story, but to differentiate the characters from one another. I could easily see Natalie Portman playing the female lead, but other than that character, no one else really stood out for me as being interesting and I couldn't really put any name actors into the roles. I'd also say that trimming a number a of scenes and/or characters would be a good idea as well. The script runs about 180 pages, and it runs the risk of becoming a bloated mess. (Or Tarantino's Apocalypse Now.) I also don't think the story is strong enough to stand being split ala Kill Bill.
In order to pull this off, QT is going to need a lot of "star" power to not only carry the story, but to differentiate the characters from one another. I could easily see Natalie Portman playing the female lead, but other than that character, no one else really stood out for me as being interesting and I couldn't really put any name actors into the roles. I'd also say that trimming a number a of scenes and/or characters would be a good idea as well. The script runs about 180 pages, and it runs the risk of becoming a bloated mess. (Or Tarantino's Apocalypse Now.) I also don't think the story is strong enough to stand being split ala Kill Bill.
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07-13-08, 02:16 PM
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I have the script also (if u search around the net, u can find it) and it is unlike anything he's ever written. Yes, some of the general themes and ideas are Tarantino (revenge) but some chunks don't even read like a typical Tarantino script.
It's not really even about the Bastards, the story is basically about a jewish girl who's family is slaughtered and she has a chance at revenge. (sound familiar)
And it's very interesting seeing Tarantino tackle a character based on a real individual (Hitler)
This does need a lot of star power to appeal to the masses or this will just turn into another Tarantino niche film, appealing to his fans and his fans only. (which isn't a bad thing for his fans, but for a studio looking to finacially back this and to make a profit, it will need some star power)
It's not really even about the Bastards, the story is basically about a jewish girl who's family is slaughtered and she has a chance at revenge. (sound familiar)
And it's very interesting seeing Tarantino tackle a character based on a real individual (Hitler)
This does need a lot of star power to appeal to the masses or this will just turn into another Tarantino niche film, appealing to his fans and his fans only. (which isn't a bad thing for his fans, but for a studio looking to finacially back this and to make a profit, it will need some star power)
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07-14-08, 01:45 PM
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Well, I finished reading the script.
And it's most definitely not what people are expecting. This will go down as one of the strangest WWII movies ever filmed.
I've changed my opinion somewhat, after having read the whole thing, though I still have a few problems with it. This is one where you're going to have to leave your expectations at the door; this film gets pretty out there.
Very general spoilers:
Spoiler for the end (BIG BIG spoiler):
Slight spoiler for the middle:
As for my ideas for the cast...
And it's most definitely not what people are expecting. This will go down as one of the strangest WWII movies ever filmed.
I've changed my opinion somewhat, after having read the whole thing, though I still have a few problems with it. This is one where you're going to have to leave your expectations at the door; this film gets pretty out there.
Very general spoilers:
Spoiler:
Spoiler for the end (BIG BIG spoiler):
Spoiler:
Slight spoiler for the middle:
Spoiler:
As for my ideas for the cast...
Spoiler:
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