Published on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 - 12:41pm
UPDATED! Stop the Goddamn Strike! Tarantino's INGLORIOUS BASTARDS Is Out to Studios!
Beaks here...
Update: Nikki Finke is reporting that Tarantino is courting Brad Pitt to star in INGLORIOUS BASTARDS! She's also revealed which studios are being targeted: Universal, Sony, Warner Brothers, Paramount and Cannon.
BTW, I've received one script today and it wasn't INGLORIOUS BASTARDS. Let's do something about that, studio assistants. Fuck your job, I need to read this shit.
Finally, I don't care if William Smith is 74. He could still whip your ass.
You know what this means? There's .pdf copy of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS making the agency/studio assistant rounds as we speak, which should put a draft of the script on my hard drive by... the end of the day? Drip forth, oh leaky USS Hollywood!
But will it be financed outside of The Weinstein Company? And what does that mean for Harvey? It'd be interesting to see a Tarantino film go out under a studio logo, but let Nikki Finke worry about that ; I just want the fucking movie made , man.
It's taken the better part of this decade for Tarantino to beat his "men on a mission" screenplay into shape, but the wait will undoubtedly be worth it if BASTARDS builds on the movie-movie brilliance of his previous two pictures. Frankly, I'm glad Tarantino didn't rush into this project back in 2000; with KILL BILL and DEATH PROOF, he was able to gradually expand his visual vocabulary to the point where, now, no one can possibly question his ability to pull off a full-on combat film. He's ready to make war, baby!
Timing is everything, and it surely can't be a coincidence that Tarantino is gearing up for INGLORIOUS BASTARDS at the exact moment that the Enzo G. Castellari inspiration is heading to DVD (better order that three-disc pronto! ). If this strike nonsense gets settled soon, INGLORIOUS BASTARDS should be ready to rock-and-roll before the year is out, which means we'll finally get to see if QT can make good on his promise to bring together Sly, Bruce, Arnold and every other classic action hero from our childhood. I'd love to see the rest of the cast filled out with guys like Bo Svenson, James Ryan and the great William Smith. For starters. Vern would probably ask that you make room for Seagal, too.
Reader Talkback
First Jul 8th, 2008 will smith? Jul 8th, 2008 fuck you are an idiot boston
strangler. Jul 8th, 2008 Meh... Jul 8th, 2008 Sly, Bruce, and Arnold Jul 8th, 2008 Death Proof sucked Jul 8th, 2008 WWII has been done to death Jul 8th, 2008 William Smith Jul 8th, 2008 whew had me worried beaks... Jul 8th, 2008 Michael Biehn Jul 8th, 2008 World War 2 is just the
backdrop Jul 8th, 2008 He's gettin a bit puffy, Jul 8th, 2008 TheBostonStrangler Rocks! Jul 8th, 2008 tarantino WAS a genius Jul 8th, 2008 Piles and piles of 'meh' Jul 8th, 2008 Same here slone13/WeinerPenis Jul 8th, 2008 "expand his vocabulary" yeah,
you could say that Jul 8th, 2008 Rosie O'donnel and emilio
estevez Jul 8th, 2008 Whoever the cast is... Jul 8th, 2008 Spencer Trilby Jul 8th, 2008 The good thing about Death
Proof... Jul 8th, 2008 SNAKES ON A PLANE 2 Jul 8th, 2008 AIN'T IT COCK SUCKING Jul 8th, 2008 JimBobCooter Jul 8th, 2008 Roger Avery > Tarantino Jul 8th, 2008 UMAGA = Retard Jul 8th, 2008 Trilby, you're freaking nuts
my good man! Jul 8th, 2008 WHERE IS "THE WHOLE BLOODY
AFFAIR"??? Jul 8th, 2008 Gee, thanks for that link
Beaks Jul 8th, 2008 Chuck Fucking Norris Jul 8th, 2008 Michael Dudikoff, Chuck
Norris, JCVD and the
Airwolf-Guy Jul 8th, 2008 Bring Back William Zabka Jul 8th, 2008 Chuck Norris as the "Crazy
MoFo" Jul 8th, 2008 How about a non-political Iraq
action/adventure Jul 8th, 2008 QT flopped with GRINDHOUSE,
smart to get Arnie, Sly,
Bruce... Jul 8th, 2008 Has AICN finally turned on the
comunistic Jul 8th, 2008 DIALOGUE THE MOVIE: PT 1 Jul 8th, 2008 Sequel: Coming Home in a
Bodybag Jul 8th, 2008 Please let Boris Becker Jul 8th, 2008 Sly, Arnie, Bruce, Norris,
Van-Damme, Seagel, Dudikoff... Jul 8th, 2008 Sh.t i forgot Lundgren!! and
CLIVE OWEN!!! Jul 8th, 2008 Jurgen Prochnow, Rutger Hauer
and Jul 8th, 2008 Harrison Ford??????? Jul 8th, 2008 the best cast ever: Jul 8th, 2008 waitingimpatientlyforingloriou
sb astards = Cocksucker Jul 8th, 2008 Fred Jul 8th, 2008 Sho Kosugi Jul 8th, 2008 Michael Ironside and Clancy
Brown Jul 8th, 2008 Any news of John Carpenters LA
Gothic??? Jul 8th, 2008 Bring em all Back!!! Jul 8th, 2008 theres one person everyone is
overlooking Jul 8th, 2008 Danny Trejo is in it for sure! Jul 8th, 2008 Say Beaks Jul 8th, 2008 DAN AYKROYD! Jul 8th, 2008 My name's Wild Bill Kelso Jul 8th, 2008 These are soldiers, not
fucking pensioners. Jul 8th, 2008 still leaves one Question:
Where is "KillBill-TWBA"??? Jul 8th, 2008 Richard Dreyfuss, Ian
McKellan, F. Murray Abraham,
Nathan Lane!! Jul 8th, 2008 name someone under 55 please Jul 8th, 2008 Oh, and Nathan Fillion as
Captn Mal Reynolds BAD ASS Jul 8th, 2008 Capt Mal Jul 8th, 2008 Calling Ahmed Best and Jake
Lloyd Jul 8th, 2008 JEFF SPEAKMAN & TAIMAK from
the "The Last Dragon" Jul 8th, 2008 Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer Jul 8th, 2008 Good Lord... Jul 8th, 2008 One Nation Under Zod... Jul 8th, 2008 Why get non actors Jul 8th, 2008 Chris Tucker Jul 8th, 2008 John Travolta in Drag Jul 8th, 2008 actually - they're criminals Jul 8th, 2008 Just Re-Release the Dirty
Dozen Jul 8th, 2008 A Perfect Mind!!!! Jul 8th, 2008 I think I'd be more interested
if it wasn't WWII Jul 8th, 2008 Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck,
Ted Danson, Judd Hirsch! Jul 8th, 2008 But... uhh.... Jul 8th, 2008 PantherMattSaricen Jul 8th, 2008 Wasn't Tarentino the one... Jul 8th, 2008 Michael Cera! Jul 8th, 2008 Steve Buscemi, Clive owen,
Mike Madsen Jul 8th, 2008 My casting choices: Jul 8th, 2008 "make room" for seagal? Jul 8th, 2008 Tarantino Should Appropriate
the Score from THE MUTHERS Jul 8th, 2008 Needs Michael Biehn and Bill
Paxton in a cameo... Jul 8th, 2008 The other Bruce Jul 8th, 2008 I get a Kelly's Heroes vibe
from this Jul 8th, 2008 Nachokoolaid Jul 8th, 2008 Jerry Seinfeld, Jason
Alexander, Michael Richards Jul 8th, 2008 Actuallly. forget Chris Tucker Jul 8th, 2008 Micket rourke Jul 8th, 2008 Jul 8th, 2008 Fred Ward, Goddammit! Jul 8th, 2008 Yeah. Fred Ward would be
great. Jul 8th, 2008 Hope this one is chock full of
badass cameos Jul 8th, 2008 Fred Ward already did this. It
was called Jul 8th, 2008 First Jul 8th, 2008 When is Contra: The Movie
coming out? Jul 8th, 2008 Bruce Willis will be in it. Jul 8th, 2008 RE: These are soldiers, not
fucking pensioners. Jul 8th, 2008 Fuck it, start w/ the best
Daniel Day-Lewis to start. Jul 8th, 2008 Carl Weathers needs to be in
this Jul 8th, 2008 Also, QT has waiteds entirely
too long for this to be Jul 8th, 2008 Hoping it's a single movie. Jul 8th, 2008 Tarentino made like, what...
one and a half good movies? Jul 8th, 2008 C'mon guys! No Old Farts - it
will become a silly parody! Jul 8th, 2008 The fact the film has gone out
to the studios... Jul 8th, 2008 Longer is better Jul 8th, 2008 I dont know if I care Jul 8th, 2008 GO QT! Jul 8th, 2008 I will see it Jul 8th, 2008 oops Jul 8th, 2008 Dolph must get a role Jul 8th, 2008 Time for R Lee Ermey to do his
FULL METAL schtick again Jul 8th, 2008 Um, anyone thinking about a
freaking BUDGET for this
movie? Jul 8th, 2008 And frankly... Jul 8th, 2008 The Old Ones Jul 8th, 2008 Okay, now let's choose some
actors that won't break a hip Jul 8th, 2008 whoops Jul 8th, 2008 why dont we just dig up the
Duke while we're at it.. Jul 8th, 2008 Arnold, Bruce, Sly, Segal,
Van, Chan, Rourke, Jul 8th, 2008 William Smith Jul 8th, 2008 unrelated topic Jul 8th, 2008 Let Chris Kaman be one of the
nazis... Jul 8th, 2008 You call this a glitch?! Jul 8th, 2008 Bruce Campbell Jul 8th, 2008 Mr. Sinister Jul 8th, 2008 QT...seems more a Celeb that a
Director now Jul 8th, 2008 How can anyone not be excited
about this? Jul 8th, 2008 octagonproplex... Jul 8th, 2008 ashok0, for one thing he's
made more than 5 films.. Jul 8th, 2008 I'd rather eat my own shit Jul 8th, 2008 Script Jul 8th, 2008 And Beaks, you should fucking
know better Jul 8th, 2008 Brad Pitt. Jul 8th, 2008 Will Tarantino ever create
something original? Jul 8th, 2008 oops Jul 8th, 2008 William Shatner, Rob Lowe ,
Lucy Liu... Jul 8th, 2008 depalma... Jul 8th, 2008 Cannon? what the hell? Jul 8th, 2008 Carl Weathers was already in a
WWII flick Jul 8th, 2008 Sean Bean, Rutger, Shatner,
Buscemi, Michael Berryman Jul 8th, 2008 Um, also... Jul 8th, 2008 Arnold would be a Nazi Jul 8th, 2008 demographics Jul 8th, 2008 Tarantino has a lifetime pass Jul 8th, 2008 rupee Jul 8th, 2008 rupee Jul 8th, 2008 I liked the QT Four Rooms
segment the first time I saw
it... Jul 8th, 2008 He couldn't handle the clash
of ego's Jul 8th, 2008 Garrett Morris, Tim Meadows,
and Orlando Jones Jul 8th, 2008 Clooney... Jul 8th, 2008 Brad Pitt eh? Jul 8th, 2008 This is gonna get made. Jul 8th, 2008 Mark Dacascos, Billy Blanks,
and Cynthia Rothrock Jul 8th, 2008 Here's why Kill Bill fades in
memory... Jul 8th, 2008 Can't Wait! (Just hope it's
not all reaction shots.) Jul 8th, 2008 Jason Scott Lee, Bruce Le, and
Bruce Li Jul 8th, 2008 bswise Jul 8th, 2008 We gonna make a WWII movie, we
need some Nazis: Jul 8th, 2008 here's the line up Jul 8th, 2008 NEWSFLASH! QT doesn't matter
anymore Jul 8th, 2008 Here's why KILL BILL fades in
the memory Jul 8th, 2008 Brad Pitt - that's original... Jul 8th, 2008 Chris Elliot, Adam Goldberg
and Omar Sharif Jul 8th, 2008 Damn You Michael Bay Jul 8th, 2008 WURP DURP DURP! QT's a Has
Been, honk honk! Jul 8th, 2008 Get Carlton from Fresh Prince. Jul 8th, 2008 Also, it's hard to write a guy
off over one or two movies Jul 8th, 2008 Sam J. Jones Jul 8th, 2008 "Kill Bill fades in memory..."
- WTF? Jul 8th, 2008 Battle without Honor or
Humanity Jul 8th, 2008 William Smith, 74, update Jul 8th, 2008 Death Proof is a great movie
losers! Jul 8th, 2008 I agree, WhinyNegativeBitch Jul 8th, 2008 Arnold as a Nazi bad dude Jul 8th, 2008 Poor Weinsteins. Jul 8th, 2008 FentonCrisp - I don't know... Jul 8th, 2008 WHAT ABOUT MICKEY ROURKE? Jul 8th, 2008 He's not even the best of his
generation. Jul 8th, 2008 Bill Duke, Crispin Glover,
Richard Lynch, Michael Parks,
Brian D Jul 8th, 2008 DP Jul 8th, 2008 tarantino and the studios???? Jul 8th, 2008 "but the wait will undoubtedly
be worth it if BASTARDS builds
on Jul 8th, 2008 "but the wait will undoubtedly
be worth it if BASTARDS.. Jul 8th, 2008 Kill Bill fades from memory? Jul 8th, 2008 Necgray Jul 8th, 2008 I love how Quentin has to
re-prove himself on each new
film.... Jul 8th, 2008 I'm a QT Fan... Jul 9th, 2008 Won't QT have to join
Director's Guild to take it to
a studio? Jul 9th, 2008 QT = fucking overrated because
of ONE decent movie Jul 9th, 2008 OCEANS 14 Jul 9th, 2008 @ Spencer Trilby Jul 9th, 2008 Deathproof is pants Jul 9th, 2008 Tehre's an underlying element
in these posts that he needs
the s Jul 9th, 2008 ...needs the studios to
validate him - nonsense Jul 9th, 2008 Stallone!!! Jul 9th, 2008 octagonproplex Jul 9th, 2008 Hillary Duff, Lindsay Lohan,
and Madonna Jul 9th, 2008 8 Days till Jul 9th, 2008 As long as Sly sports a beard. Jul 9th, 2008 More casting choices Jul 9th, 2008 Finally... Jul 9th, 2008 Huh? Jul 9th, 2008 Grindhouse was... Jul 9th, 2008 Average age of American WWII
soldier was 26 Jul 9th, 2008 Tara--who Jul 9th, 2008 Jul 9th, 2008 It doesn't matter what
"average age" is... Jul 9th, 2008 Will Tarantino use a composer
this time? Jul 9th, 2008 Script? Jul 9th, 2008 Will lose respect for QT
if............. Jul 9th, 2008 Hopefully he won't use a
composer Jul 9th, 2008 Brian Dennehy, Max Von Sidow &
Clarence Williams the 3rd! Jul 9th, 2008 I think QT should use only
actors who have actually
served time. Jul 9th, 2008 Mike Tyson as the creepy
rapist. Jul 9th, 2008 When is QT going to do a
western? Jul 9th, 2008 When will QT make a film that
is his own Jul 9th, 2008 Did you all see this article? Jul 9th, 2008 My wishlist Jul 9th, 2008 Pops Jul 9th, 2008 Mariachi, you boy-gargling
pederast Jul 9th, 2008 Guess you've got a point
Bricktops. Jul 10th, 2008 coulda been a contender Jul 10th, 2008 female voice Jul 11th, 2008 YVujXUL Feb 11th, 2010 VHprgmR Feb 11th, 2010
