Inglourious Basterds, the movie that to my knowledge has yet to wrap (I’m guessing next week or so), is set for a US release date of August 21 as has been announced weeks ago. I’m just now finding out that it will in fact come out 2 days earlier in France, on August 19 (according to Universal Pictures). Not to mention that it might premiere this May at the Cannes Film Festival. We’ll keep …

I’ll make this one short. There are two links where you will find a whole lot of Inglourious Basterds set pictures from Paris. Nice shots of Quentin and some of the cast, production design etc. Link 1 and Link 2. Enjoy. Here’s a little teaser:

For only two days, Quentin Tarantino will shoot scenes for Inglourious Basterds in Paris, even though most, if i not all, of the movie takes place in France. Seen below is a picture published in Le Figaro, one of France’s biggest newspapers. On a sidenote, some tabloids have mentioned Brad Pitt has already wrapped his scenes for the film, which will probably be shooting until the end of January.

Update: Our friends at Filmgeek.fr have …

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 …

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 …