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Brad Pitt Officially Signs on for Inglorious Bastards

Source:  Variety
Brad Pitt can now be called a bastard with pride. According to Variety, Pitt has officially signed on to play the lead in Quentin Tarantino's new film, Inglorious Bastards.

Pitt will play a backwoods Tennessee soldier who forms a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers. Tarantino has already cast filmmaker Eli Roth for one of the roles, and it is said that casting will be complete in a matter of weeks.

Also, Simon Pegg, David Krumholtz and Natasha Kinski are in negotiations to join the cast as well. Pegg would play a British lieutenant, Krumholtz will play a soldier under Pitt's character and Kinski would play a German movie star. It was also said that Tarantino mainstay Tim Roth was said to be up for a role, but there were scheduling conflicts with his new television series, Lie to Me.

The film will commence production on October 13 in Germany and Tarantino is aiming to finish the film in time for next year's Cannes Film Festival.


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August 11th, 2008 7:03am
Sweet, this is gonna be another great film from Tarantino with a crazy allstar cast of great talent.
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August 9th, 2008 8:33pm
wow. i posted the comment this morning just after i read about his passing. and since i assumed this was a community where movie news can be discussed i posted the comment on the article that i figured most people were reading. Nothing even implied that movieweb wrote the article cuz of me. The article hadnt been written yet and i wanted to talk about his passing. fucking relax please.
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August 9th, 2008 7:05pm
justbink07, what was the point of posting your comment from the other page? trying to show us that Movieweb wrote this article because of you? well, kudos, you're real fucking special.
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August 9th, 2008 7:04pm
Spam the fucker below me.

Brad Pitt: So overrated he's become underrated.

I'm excited, I just hope it's Tarantino all the way, cause with heavy hitters in the cast, it's easy for a film to turn into a studio baby real fast.
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August 9th, 2008 8:58am
so Bernie Mac passed away this morning due to complications of pneumonia. It's so sad to see talent go too early. I hope this site has a good article for him later on today.
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August 8th, 2008 11:10pm
hot!!
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August 8th, 2008 8:09pm
Simon Pegg...interesting casting!
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August 8th, 2008 5:42pm
buru,you poor deluded weirdo,religion is for the weak...long live aliens!.
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August 8th, 2008 3:43pm
I LOVE THE TITLE! The sequel is in the works also, called: SONS OF BITCHES.
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August 8th, 2008 2:51pm
Awesome news.
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August 8th, 2008 1:15pm
Fucking buru
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August 8th, 2008 11:41am
shut the fuck up buru.
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August 8th, 2008 11:38am
no its a world war 2 film..lol its a tarintino film.
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August 8th, 2008 11:32am
Is this going to be a comedy?
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August 8th, 2008 9:59am
this is going to be awesome
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August 8th, 2008 7:47am
totally.
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August 8th, 2008 7:28am
lol err, this is gonna b a really good movie, great cast and great director wat more can we ask 4??
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August 8th, 2008 6:49am
Right on, err
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August 8th, 2008 5:59am
give it time err. give it time.
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August 8th, 2008 5:27am
and i notice that for once cell isnt crying and pounding his wittle fists into the ground over a remake.
thats a nice change of pace.
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August 8th, 2008 5:25am
ew, he said "pwning", after bashing tarantino's unique approach to dialogue. all signs point to moron.

this movie is coming together nicely.
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August 8th, 2008 4:48am
Tarantino! You better go for the action instead of the bullshit talk you always include in your movies!!!! You're dealing with the WWII fer chrissake! I wanna see Allies pwning Germans!
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August 8th, 2008 3:40am
Nice
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August 8th, 2008 2:54am
cool, cant wait for this
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August 8th, 2008 12:20am
Good to see this over a decade long project getting fast tracked. Inglorious Bastards seems like it will return to the 'ol Tarantino magic of the mid nineties. Can't wait to see it!

Maybe he should cast Gary oldman as one of the German officers...
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August 7th, 2008 11:07pm
This movie is going to be the best thing since green tea ginger ale.
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August 7th, 2008 9:49pm
Forgot to mention that the Variety article also mentions Simon Pegg as in talks to join the movie
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August 7th, 2008 9:38pm
This is great news!
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August 7th, 2008 8:16pm
Sound like good casting to me in my Tardis.
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August 7th, 2008 7:20pm
Brad Pitt IS a 'bastard,' which is why he'll be perfect as an "Inglorious Bastard." As for Tarantino, he's always been a hit or miss in my mind, but based off the story, this might just be a hit..........or not...........

{For all those inglorious bastards aka Tarantino fans, I did not mean to offend you. You are entitled to your option of Mr. Tarantino, just as well as I am, even if he is a crazy mother fucker {just kidding. calm down.}
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