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Kerry Washington, RZA, & LaPaglia in Django Unchained

Sebastian — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:58:35 +0000

Quentin Tarantino has found his Broomhilda, and this confirms rumors that have been circulating for a few weeks now. Kerry Washington will play Broomhilda, the wife of Django (played by Jamie Foxx) in Django Unchained. She is joining a diverse cast: Just this week we hear that the RZA, Anthony LaPaglia as well as Misty Upham will join the project, which has already lined up Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson, Christoph Waltz, ...

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Django Unchained casting update

Sebastian — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:37:12 +0000

The big news of the last few days is, that Kevin Costner – as much as I would have loved to see him in it – is out (due to scheduling conflicts) of Django Unchained, which is currently in pre-production, and Kurt Russell is in talks to replace him. Quentin Tarantino also drew some additional talent to his southern. Laura Cayouette (Kill Bill, Hell Ride), Dennis Christopher (Deadwood) and Gerald McRaney (also Deadwood) will ...

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Sam Jackson a Basterd raconteur?

Sebastian — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:26:17 +0000

Our friends at The Playlist report that they’ve gotten word that none other than Samuel L. Jackson might/will do the sparse narration in Inglourious Basterds. Sam Jackson! Maybe he will strike down with furious anger those who attempt to destroy the Basterds? Not only that, but apparently Asian goddess Maggie Cheung – who apparently speaks French fluently, thus squaring her hotness – will play Madame Mimieux! (And I thought I’m gonna have a slow ...

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Hitler, Goebbels, Churchill and the Basterds

Sebastian — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:54:46 +0000

To end weeks of speculation, clicking HERE will get you an almost entirely complete cast listing of Inglourious Basterds. There’s some minor things that have yet to come to light, but at least now we know Quentin Tarantino‘s Adolf Hitler (Martin Wuttke), his Winston Churchill (Australian actor Rod Taylor) and his Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth). Do some wikipedia to refresh your knowledge of European history, or don’t. Will be back with more once I’m ...

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From Fatale to Inglorious

Sebastian — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:53:41 +0000

Yes, we’re still kicking. It’s been a bit slow because yours truly just moved to a new city, and lack of a decent broadband connection has kept me from updating regularily. But here’s something to wrap your head around: We can confirm that Julie “Sofie Fatale” Dreyfus will in fact play the character Francesca Mondino in Inglorious Basterds, not Anne-Sophie Frank as previously reported. This will of course be Julie’s second adventure with Quentin ...

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Weekend news round-up

Sebastian — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:07:08 +0000

Not exactly a quiet weekend on the Quentin front. First up, we’ve got some rather lurid gossipy material. A tape recording got leaked to the New York Post, which is essentially a conference call between Harvey Weinstein, Tarantino, Lawrence Bender and third person, that originates from Jackie Brown times concerning a dispute between Robert DeNiro and Tarantino over the salary he would get for playing Louis. The incident was downplayed by the Weinstein and ...

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Basterds start training

Sebastian — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:23:23 +0000

From what we can gather, rehearsing on Inglorious Basterds started today, after a joint dinner with cast and crew in Berlin yesterday, that was well-received by some paparazzis (we suspect pictures of a drunk Til Schweiger very soon, probably). Reportedly, shooting will begin in the German state of Saxony on October 6th already, in an area called the Elbsandstein mountains (rumor) and production will then move to Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam near Berlin on ...

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Inglorious Berlin casting continues

Sebastian — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:44:37 +0000

A number of French actors have joined Quentin Tarantino‘s currently prepping WW2 epic Inglorious Basterds, but he’s not stopping there. While one of two casting events for extras was attended by hundreds of interested applicants, Tarantino adds some more local starpower to his film. As Bild, Germany’s best-selling tabloid (obviously not the most trustworthy source) reports, veteran German actor Sylvester Groth, who has already played a Nazi in a recent satire on Adolf Hitler ...

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Tarantino has found an Inglorious projectionist

Sebastian — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:00:10 +0000

There is a character in Inglorious Basterds called Marcel, the projectionist in Shosanna‘s movie theater, one of the major locations of the film. We can now confirm that a French actor that goes with the cool-sounding name (imagine Mr Pink saying this) Jacky Ido has been cast for this role, which I will now tentatively describe as Melanie Laurent‘s character’s side-kick. We’ve also managed to get most of the already known cast confirmed, just ...

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More French talent for Monsieur Tarantino’s Basterds

Sebastian — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:21:05 +0000

French actresses Léa Seydoux and Anne-Sophie Franck are joining Tarantino’s casting roster for Inglorious Basterds (or Inglourious Basterds?). Both were reportedly signed up for the project. Quentin Tarantino, who headed to France to oversee the casting, must have been impressed by the two’s current portfolio. Seydoux is starring in La Belle Personne, a french film in theaters at the moment, Franck stars in No Secrets Between us, a French TV series, and starred in ...

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Tarantino wants YOU in Inglorious Bastards

Sebastian — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:00:20 +0000

Many of you have emailed me regarding extras casting dates in Berlin for Inglorious Bastards. As TheLocal reports, there are now dates and details for casting. A Berlin casting agency, FilmGesichter, is looking for applicants that fit a certain visual appearance true to the stereotype 1940s appearance and fashion. There are two days of casting, on September 20 and on the 27th, at Babelsberg Film Studios (Potsdam/Berlin). More information here in English (und hier ...

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Has Quentin found his Shosanna?

Sebastian — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:24:14 +0000

Word around the campfire for some time has been that Quentin Tarantino wanted somebody less famous and “fresh” for the role of Shosanna, the female lead in Inglorious Bastards. The character description calls for a French girl approximately 20 years old or even younger, feisty enough to talk face to face with Nazi head honchos and smart enough to royally outsmart them. Is French actress and Cesar Award winner Melanie Laurent the one? According ...

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Til Schweiger is a real Bastard

Sebastian — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:14:07 +0000

He’s in, he’s out, he’s in? THR reports (albeit with a story headline that makes zero sense) that Til Schweiger has been cast as one of the Inglorious Bastards (apparently they have Germans in their ranks, what will The Bear Jew think?). The word around the campfire during the last few weeks was that he might play Col. Landa, or the character Daniel Brühl finally got, or someone different, and that in the end ...

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Variety casting news bring Inglorious confusion

Sebastian — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:45:28 +0000

Just as we reported that Diane Kruger is in negotiations to co-star in Inglorious Bastards, Variety now reports she’s been cast (!?), and they also report that Christoph Waltz, a well-known German television actor is set to play Col. Hans Landa, for which we so far have assumed Daniel Brühl was considered. Maybe he will play the character known as Zoller (also a German soldier). Variety also mentions Paul Rust to be part of ...

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Diane Kruger is von Hammersmark in Inglorious Bastards

Sebastian — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:15:34 +0000

[Update: A full and more accurate quote of Ms Kruger sais "I just received a call from Quentin Tarantino, asking me to be in his next movie." She is currently in negotiations, but has not signed up for the movie. We apologize for our premature reporting. Maybe her looks stunned me too much.] One of the central characters in Inglorious Bastards will be a German movie star called Bridget von Hammersmark in the script. People ...

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Daniel Brühl is Hans Landa, villian in Inglorious Bastards

Sebastian — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:46:17 +0000

As we’ve reported earlier, rising German star actor Daniel Brühl has been cast in Inglorious Bastards. Now the Berliner Kurier, a local paper, writes that he might in fact have been cast as the main villian Hans Landa – aka ‘The Jew Hunter’ – the vicious SS Officer, a role for which Daniel beat Leonardo diCaprio, Gedeon Burkhard and Til Schweiger. The paper quotes Brühl saying (rough translation) “I’m scared stiff”, he has about ...

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Goodbye Lenin star on board Tarantino’s Bastards

Sebastian — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:32:30 +0000

Goodbye Lenin star Daniel Brühl was quoted in the German tabloid magazine Bunte (rough translation), that he was tremendously happy about the role and that he would have been very disappointed if he hadn’t gotten the role. He did not reveal which character in Inglorious Bastards he would take on, but there are a few roles that would fit. We’ll keep you posted.

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B.J. Novak a confirmed Basterd

Sebastian — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:28:19 +0000

According to AICN, B.J. – and I still think that is a susceptible-to-cheap-jokes first name – Novak has signed the contract for co-starring as one of the Inglorious Bastards. We’ll keep you posted about further casting talk (as always we’ll try to separate fact from rumor) as we count down the remaining 7 weeks till principle shooting starts on Quentin’s in-your-face war movie.

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Fassbender replacing Pegg?

Sebastian — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:48:07 +0000

Variety reports today that German actor Michael Fassbender, known to many for his “then we’ll fight in the shade” role in 300 (the adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel with the uber-sexy Spartan queen…), is “in final negotiations” to play the role in Inglorious Bastards that Simon Pegg had to say no to (due to scheduling problems with this geek road movie film), Lt. Archie Hicox. According to the Wikipedia, Fassbender has produced, directed and ...

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Simon Pegg drops out of Inglorious Bastards

Sebastian — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:28:34 +0000

This just in, Simon Pegg announces on his personal Myspace blog that scheduling difficulties make it impossible for him to work on Inglorious Bastards. Sad news for Peggster fans, and Quentin needs to find a replacement…. We’ll keep you posted. The Spaced (of which we will bring you a DVD review shortly!) star was supposed to play British Lt. Archie Hicox, a role that Quentin reportedly wrote for Tim Roth, who also has prior ...

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Krumholtz out, Samm Levine in with the Bastards

Sebastian — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:04:06 +0000

AICN reports that Samm Levine is joining the cast of Inglorious Bastards as one of Aldo’s men, while David Krumholtz, who was rumored to be in the movie, will not join the cast. Levine is a guest star in various American TV shows, he was on Freaks and Geeks for a longer time.

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Adam Sandler hands out rain check for Inglorious Bastards

Sebastian — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:39:54 +0000

Adam Sandler, long rumored to being considered by Quentin Tarantino for a role in his upcoming Inglorious Bastards, which is currently in pre-production in Germany, has confirmed to RTE.ie that he was in fact approached by Quentin, has read the script, but had to decline the offer due to conflicting schedules. He is quoted saying “Yeah it’s true. It is, and I read the script, it’s fantastic. But I’m shooting at the very same ...

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Kinski, Pegg and Krumholtz to join Brad Pitt?

Sebastian — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:19:52 +0000

Who thought there was going to be some time to catch a breath after we could confirm Brad Pitt for Inglorious Bastards last night? I did and I was wrong! Today reports hit that Quentin Tarantino is considering another fistful of colorful characters to fill a few more yet unoccupied seats in the Inglorious Bastards star bus. In talks are Nastassja Kinski (daughter of the legendary German actor Klaus Kinski) as Third Reich movie ...

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Brad Pitt confirmed for Inglorious Bastards role

Sebastian — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:00:23 +0000

We just got this confirmed, and get ready to be excited! Brad Pitt will play Lt. Aldo Raine in Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglorious Bastards. He’s been in talks for a while now and I’m happy to report that he’s in! Raine is a real Tennesseean badass leading a platoon of all-jewish, nazi-scalping specialists behind enemy lines in France. Joining him (confirmed so far) are Eli Roth as Sgt Donowitz and B.J. Nowak as Private Utivich. ...

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The Office meets Inglorious Bastards

Sebastian — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:27:16 +0000

We’re up to full speed, ladies and gents. Yesterday saw Eli Roth being cast as Sgt. Donowitz (and some websites are still running that ridiculous bullshit B. Spears rumor despite knowing better), today we hear (Empire and THR reporting) that The Office (the American one) co-star B.J. Nowak will play Private First Class Utivich in Inglorious Bastards. I personally have no recollection of his tenure at The Office but I’m sure he can pull ...

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A word on the word “casting”

Sebastian — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:16:52 +0000

These days it seems that not many “news” blogs and websites seem to use their brains when it comes to reporting “news” out of Hollywood. Take these rumors that – hold your breath – Britney Spears has been “cast” (I will not dignify that crap with a link, google that bullshit yourselves) in a supposed “remake” of Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! that are floating around Google news these days. First of all, people, take ...

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