MTV has a nice little blog post about Eli Roth, Inglourious Basterds and a few background tidbits, you should click HERE and read it. Oh and just to make sure, you should’ve read the head-honcho’s final words on all the Basterds rumors RIGHT HERE also. And yeah I mean Harvey Weinstein :)

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 …

While we’re still drooling over the first two official stills from Inglourious Basterds, let me just fill you in on a few other noteworthy things that one might find in the googleverse. The yellow press is full of Brad Pitt’s ’stache, which we are confident will set a new trend and bring that type of facial hair the reputation it deserves. Pitt is also being quoted about Inglourious Basterds, calling it “outrageous, the World …

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 …

He didn’t rally 200.000 people like Barack Obama, but he too can say now “Ich bin ein Berliner”. Gearing up for shooting Inglorious Bastards, Quentin Tarantino arrived in Berlin, Germany’s capital, yesterday, bringing with him Lawrence Bender (who will co-produce the film) and Harvey Weinstein. We’ll bring you more news as it happens, stay tuned. (Photo: Wenn)

Wow, news breaks faster than anyone can possibly defend the Weinsteins against their critics. Hollywood’s number script news femme fatale scriptgirl reports that Quentin Tarantino’s amazing script for Inglorious Bastards (check out our forum for an abundance of script reviews) sold – pause for dramatic effect – to Miramax. The Disney subsidiary and Quentin’s current godfathers Harvey and Bob Weinstein split shortly after Kill Bill, but it seems there will be a family reunion. …

I just read Defamer’s “rant” about Tarantino’s “overexposure” (regarding the publicity surrounding the scarce but exciting Inglorious Bastards news), basically an op-ed/open letter piece arguing for him to “free” himself from the cradle of the Weinstein Company (let me know if I understood that article wrongly). Defamer rolls out a lavish praise of Quentin Tarantino, only to conclude with the words “Is your loyalty to the Weinsteins worth suffocating your work in the crib …

While Variety is bringing some clarity to the previously reported breaking news of Inglorious Bastards being offered to the major Hollywood studios for cooperation, we also get information from Deadline Hollywood, that Brad Pitt is in talks with Quentin Tarantino (or the other way around) to star in the film. Inglorious Bastards will in fact be produced by Harvey Weinstein and Lawrence Bender, as Variety reports, and TWC is distributing the film domestically (USA). …

Brought to you by your friends at The Weinstein Company? According to DeadlineHollywood, Quentin Tarantino has taken his project Inglorious Bastards to the big Hollywood Studios this week. The blog, which is a subsidiary of LAWeekly.com, writes Tarantino’s agency has sent out the script to the big four Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, Universal, and Paramount. A former partner of Quentin’s and long time friend Lawrence Bender is apparently attached to the project as a …