Brad Pitt Officially Signs on for “Inglorious Bastards”
The rumour that Brad Pitt was to star in Quentin Tarantino’s WWII drama “Inglorious Bastards” as Lt. Aldo Raine, leader of the titular bastards has finally been put to rest reports Variety.
But Pitt is not the only addition to Quentin Tarantino’s war movie. Simon Pegg is in talks to play a British Lieutenant; Nastassja Kinski has begun negotiations to play a German movie star; David Krumholtz (who will forever be Mr. Universe from Serenity to us) is likely to join the cast as one of Pitt’s lackies.
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. Tarantino regular Tim Roth had been in contention to join the cast but couldn’t work out the scheduling because of his upcoming TV series “Lie to Me.”
The film begins production on October 13 in Germany. Tarantino, who wrote the script, is aiming to complete the film and have it ready for next year’s Cannes Film Festival. Lawrence Bender is producing, with Erica Steinberg and Harvey and Bob Weinstein as executive producers.
Eli Roth Cast in “Inglorious Bastards”
Variety is reporting that “Hostel” director Eli Roth has boarded the Quentin Tarantino-directed “Inglorious Bastards” as a baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter in the drama for the Weinstein Co. and Universal Pictures.
Brad Pitt is in talks to play Aldo Raine, leader of a rogue band of Jewish-American soldiers who wreak havoc on the bad guys in Nazi-occupied France.
Eli Roth wil play the part of Sgt. Donnie Donowitz. This is a pretty big coup for Eli Roth to be starring in a film along side the likes of Brad Pitt. We will have to wait and see how big the role is and how much of a part he plays in the films story. Read the rest of this entry
Brad Pitt in “Inglorious Bastard” - Confirmed
Entertainment Weekly has received confirmation from Brad Pitt’s representatives that Pitt play the key role in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino-directed WWII project, entitled “Inglorious Bastards.”
Tarantino also plans to meet Leonardo DiCaprio on Thursday to play another lead role, Hans Landa.
After weeks of dizzying negations, the film has apparently found a home at Universal Pictures, which will team with Tarantino and his notorious partner-in-crime Harvey Weinstein to finance and distribute the film both domestically and abroad.
Inglorious Bastards will film in Europe later in the year, with Tarantino aiming to premiere the movie at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
“Burn After Reading” poster
An interesting poster for the upcoming “Burn After Reading” film has been released. It features a silhouette of a man looking through binoculars and an arm holding a gun. The tagline states: “Intelligence is relative.”
Written and directed by the Coen Brothers, this new dark-spy comedy stars Academy Award nominee John Malkovich as an ousted CIA official whose memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees (Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand) intent on exploiting their find. The film also features George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Richard Jenkins.
“Burn After Reading” will premiere at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival before arriving in theaters on September 12th.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Captain America?
Leonardo DiCaprio is Marvel’s top choice to play Steve Rogers aka Captain America in the forthcoming superhero jaunt, says Latino Review.
Marvel, who previously announced plans to release First Avenger: Captain America on May 6, 2011, reportedly wants the Blood Diamond star to lead the film as US soldier-turned-superhero Steve Rogers.
Going further on the casting speculations, Latino Review also added that besides DiCaprio, there is one other name that is being considered to be Captain America. That particular person would be “Troy” star, Brad Pitt. Pitt, as had been reported previously, allegedly is on the run for the leading role of another Marvel’s superhero film “Thor“, which is set for June 4, 2010 release. Still, any confirmation on both Pitt’s possible casting reports has yet been outed.
On the superhero flick itself, “The First Avenger” is scheduled to be released on the silver screen on May 6, 2011. The movie has been said to stay true to its original comic book story. Hence, it will be set during World War II and tell the background story of the red, white and blue-costumed superhero. Additionally, no director has been signed for the project.
Yellow Band “Burn After Reading” Internet Trailer
Today we have “Burn After Reading” Coen Brothers ‘R’ rated yellow band trailer, starring George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton.
In the film, Ozzie Coxs (John Malkovich), a former CIA agent whose soon-to-be ex-wife (Frances McDormand) steals a disc containing his memoirs and accidentally leaves it at the gym where it is found by a trainer (Brad Pitt) who believes he can use the info to blackmail Cox. Clooney will play an assassin hired by the CIA to take care of the situation.
“Burn After Reading” hits theaters on September 12th, in wide release.
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Brad Pitt and Paramount Pictures Search for Lost City
Paramount Pictures has preemptively bought Lost City of Z, a David Grann manuscript based on a September 2005 article in the New Yorker. The trade says that Brad Pitt is producing the feature through his Plan B shingle. He also has the Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading hitting theaters in September and David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which Par will open in December. Another film with him set as a producer is the Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana vehicle The Time Traveler’s Wife, which will debut in November.Plot Concept: Grann’s forthcoming nonfiction book concerns British explorer Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett, who was attempting to find the so-called City of Z when he and his party disappeared in 1925. Over the next 70 years, scores of explorers tried and failed to retrace Fawcett’s path, including a 1996 expedition of Brazilian adventurers. Brad Pitt would play Fawcett.
