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.