Weekend news round-up
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...
Tagged: Inglorious Bastards
Basterds start training
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...
Inglorious Berlin casting continues
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...
Tarantino has found an Inglorious projectionist
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...
More French talent for Monsieur Tarantino’s Basterds
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,...
Tarantino wants YOU in Inglorious Bastards
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...
Has Quentin found his Shosanna?
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...
Robert Richardson confirmed as DP for Inglorious Bastards
According to an agency release, Robert Richardson, who has worked as director of photography (or cinematographer) with such directors as Oliver Stone and Martin Scorsese, and who has already collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on Kill Bill,...
Til Schweiger is a real Bastard
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,...
Variety casting news bring Inglorious confusion
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...
Diane Kruger is von Hammersmark in Inglorious Bastards
[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...
Daniel Brühl is Hans Landa, villian in Inglorious Bastards
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...
