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July 10th, 2008, By Phil Brown
Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards Goes Out To The Studios
 He's baaaaaaack. The NewsQuentin Tarantino has been talking about writing a war movie for years. For a while it seemed as though the movie would never actually be made. However, over the past few weeks that has all change. The screenplay is finally finished and now it's being submitted to Hollywood studios. Behind the NewsIf you've been paying attention to Quentin Tarantino over the past 5 years or so, you know that he's been working on a screenplay entitled Inglorious Bastards. Ever since the Kill Bill films hit screens in 2003, Tarantino has been talking about a WW2 screenplay that he started writing before Kill Bill and had swelled to the size of a phone book. He told Charlie Rose that it was the greatest thing that he had ever written and hoped to edit the massive script down to a manageable level. Given the amount of BS that tends to spew out of the man's mouth, very few people actually believed him. However, it looks as though the screenplay might finally be done. The movie could be hitting screens very soon.
According to Tarantino, Inglorious Bastards is intended to be a ensemble WW2 movie in the vain of The Dirty Dozen and (although he rarely mentions it) Enzo G. Castellari's Inglorious Bastards. After years of toiling away on the screenplay, Tarantino boldly announced at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival that he would be making the film this year in time for the next Cannes Fest. At the time, it was assumed that the director was blowing smoke up the asses of the collective movie going public; however, over the past few weeks it has become increasingly clear that the man is quite serious. Shortly after the Cannes announcement he told the press that his script was finished. Then in an interview regarding an upcoming Kill Bill DVD release, the director mentioned that Inglorious Bastards would probably be released as two films as well. It was exciting news for Tarantino fans, but still little more than talk. However, all the words turned into action this week when Tarantino sent the screenplay out to interested executives at Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount and Sony in search of funding. The package included Quentin's regular producing partner Lawrence Bender and ex-Mirimax executive Harvey Weinstein. The decision to seek funding beyond the Weinsteins suggests that the project demands a huge budget and has the potential to be the biggest movie of Tarantino's career. Oh, and there's one other big name on the list: Brad Pitt is supposed to take the lead role. Pitt's potential casting certainly seems like an oddly mainstream choice for such a left-of-center filmmaker, but upon closer examination it makes sense. For one thing, Pitt has worked with Quentin before, stealing scenes in the Tarantino-scripted True Romance, so there is a precedent there. Another big reason for the decision is the fact that Pitt can use his star power to get funding for risky projects (Babel) and his name could get Tarantino a huge budget from the studios to play with. The match is just crazy enough to work. Over the past few years, Quentin has also claimed that the unfinished screenplay had roles for Adam Sandler and Eddie Murphy, but given how long he's worked on it and how much the script has inevitably been edited down, it's unclear if these roles still exist. Since the movie is an ensemble piece, there will inevitably be some odd and intriguing names surrounding Pitt. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. It's still to early to predict what the final film will be. Tarantino has been talking a lot about it being his best script yet, but he always says that when he has a new movie coming out, so that sentiment is meaningless. The WW2 drama is certainly provides him plenty of opportunities for the type of gritty macho ultra-violence that made his name, so there is potential there. For now, it's just gratifying to hear that the screenplay is finally finished and the director will actually be making a movie. No more six-year gaps between films, Quentin. That's just too much for audiences to handle. Comments
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