Inglorious Bastards, Quentin Tarantino’s latest passion project, is finally moving forward.  After nearly a decade of stops and starts, the ultraviolent WWII drama has a script and is now looking for major studio backing.

Rumor has it that Terantino is eyeing Brad Pitt for the lead role as Lieut.   I also read that Leonardo DiCaprio may be attached.  (both are rumors for now) 

Another good rumor is that the film may be split in two, Kill Bill-Style.

The project is an original script, although the title references director Enzo G. Castellari’s 1977 movie Quel maledetto treno blindato, also known as Inglorious Bastards.

According to EW.com, this World War II period piece focuses on his familiar theme of revenge, employs retrospect and a chapter-by-chapter format, and features the director’s now-classic use of the Mexican standoff, in which multiple characters are at an impasse pointing guns at each other.

I for one will be on the lookout for this one.  If the cast pans out, I think a WWII film with the combination of Tarantino, Pitt and DiCaprio has some pretty awesome potential.

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