Quentin Tarantino gets Brad Pitt for “Inglorious Bastards”
Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Hot Momma
Quentin Tarantino has got his man for his new movie “Inglorious Bastards,” which he’ll direct for the Weinstein Co. and Universal. Brad Pitt has agreed to star in the WWII drama after being pursued by Tarantino, according to Variety. The deal puts Pitt back in business with Universal, following his last-minute exit from “State of Play” late last year.
Pitt will play a Tennessee hillbilly who assembles a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers to take on the Nazis. Much of the film’s dialogue is in French or German, and subtitles will be used, though Pitt will speak English.
Nastassja Kinski is in early talks to join the film as well, playing one of the few female roles. 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.
Eli Roth will play Sgt. Donnie Donowitz, and Tarantino is locking in the other actors to play the soldiers who make up the Bastards team. Simon Pegg, David Krumholtz and B.J. Novak are also in talks to join the project. Pegg would play a British lieutenant, while Krumholtz and Novak would play Pitt’s underlings.
The film begins production Oct. 13 in Germany. Tarantino, wrote the script, and wants to complete the film to have it ready for next year’s Cannes Film Festival. Under the terms of Tarantino’s deal, he receives 20% of first-dollar grosses but his percentage may have been reduced with a big star like Pitt joining the cast. It’s unclear if Tarantino negotiated any of his points to the star, to bring him onboard.
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