I finally saw Kill Bill I & II the other night. I liked them. I've always been kinda half assed on Tarantino movies but KB had many elements of Asian cinema that I like so it worked for me on many levels.

I would love to see some new QT stuff in the future.

I wish QT would wait till next year to release the whole bloody affair...I'm only 16 till January!!!

Inglorious Bastards casting update:
http://www.filmfocus.co.uk/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=336

Exclusive: Madsen lets slip Inglorious Bastards casting

Monday, May 23, 2005

Always one of the nicest men to run into, we caught up with Michael Madsen this evening at the premiere of Sin City in London (full report soon) and he gave us a bit of a status update on his next Tarantino collaboration, Inglorious Bastards.

Back in March we exclusively broke the news that the film would be in two parts, thanks to Michael, and now he's read the script he was able to tell us a little more about the project.

"Quentin's written it now," he FilmFocus, "but we've not started shooting yet. I've read it and you know the Dirty Dozen? It's a bit like that."

But while Madsen was remaining tight-lipped on his role in the film, he did drop a few casting hints. Adam Sandler and Bo Svenson have been attached to the film at various points, and while Svenson wasn't on the list Madsen gave us, a couple of other interesting names are. "It's going to be myself and Tim Roth," Madsen told us most assuredly, "Adam Sandler and Eddie Murphy are in it too."

Roth has, of course, worked with Tarantino before on Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but Sandler and Murphy will both be new additions to Tarantino acting circle and, as with all things Quentin, they seem to be inspired choices.

So there you have it - we've heard all manner of names attached to the project, or projects if you think of it in its two-volume entirety, which Madsen told us is definitely going before the cameras later in the year. That is, provided dear ol' Quentin doesn't get distracted in the mean time.

Talking to us back in March, Madsen said of working with Tarantino, "when you work with the guy, you come off the set at the end of the day and you know you're going to come out with something worthwhile and something worth looking at. You know you're not going to have some piece of shit that you're not going to be able to live with."

We'll keep you up to date on all things Inglorious Bastards as we have done over the last few months, as and when we can. I think it's safe to say that when it comes to Quentin Tarantino, we're always keen to find out more.

I hadn't heard Eddie Murphy before. Whatever the case, I'd be happy if Tarantino would start filmnig already. An episode of CSI ain't enough to tide me over!

I have to say I completely agree with his explanation for why the current James Bond movies suck. All you have to do is pop in one of the old ones to see better story telling, better dialogue and better suspense.

Which he referred to as "The Passion Of The Rice". Is that another movie, or is that the clever thing to do, calling it by a funny name?

To me a Brosnan/ Tarantino Casino Royale would have been a very Sin City-ish, very Bulldog Drummond, Mickey Spillane 50's brutal type piece. Frankly I'd like to see it happen regardless of whether or not it were in the "official" Bond canon, though I know that's not possible. I'm not sure it would have the feel of a Bond movie or not, but what the hell? It would be a great way for Pierce to go out. The Bond franchise is going to make a pile of money no matter who plays or directs it... they should get ballsy and take a chance on this. All the playing it safe movies are what's hurting the industry as it is.
Disney be damned. Bring on The Whole Bloody Affair!