Is there anyone out there in the world who doesn't like a Quentin Tarantino soundtrack? No need to raise your hands; just stop reading and move on to the next post if you're one of those fun-hating mutants. This isn't going to be big news for you.
For the legion of Tarantino fans who are still reading, get excited. Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards," set to hit theaters on August 21, now has an *official* soundtrack. The listing is in French, as it comes to us via an informational PDF posted on the Cannes Film Festival website. I've copied it here and filtered out the extraneous information the best that I could, but the truly curious should proceed directly to the "Inglorious Bastards" press page on the Cannes Film Festival website. Read more...
- How “The Dark Knight” changed the world Part V: Michael Bay to shoot sequences for “Transformers 2” in IMAX. (ComingSoon)
- “Shaun of the Dead” actor Matt Lucas cast in dual roles as Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Tim Burton’s “Alice.” (Slashfilm)
- Larry Charles on the status of his long rumored Motley Crue and Kayne West projects. (ComingSoon)
- First look at the farmhouse from “Inglorious Basterds” pops up online. (Tarantino Archives)
"Pulp Fiction" shot him to superstardom, he had a hilarious-but-intense role in "Jackie Brown," and eagle-eyed fans might have even noticed Samuel J. Jackson behind the piano in a brief "Kill Bill" cameo. So now that Quentin Tarantino has his much-hyped script for "Inglorious Bastards" completed, and half the world has seemingly read it, will he be playing the role of African-American role?
"I called him to find out if I had to learn French or not!" Jackson laughed when we asked him this week, insisting that he'd love to reteam with QT once again. "Because the only black person in the script spoke French." Read more...
- As good as a second breakfast! “Hobbit” scripting has begun. (OneRing)
- Rev your engines. Again. Vin Diesel directing a 20-minute prequel to "4 Fast, 4 Furious," or whatever they are calling this fourth lap around the same track. (ComingSoon)
- Has the key grip been hired for this yet? We seriously don’t have enough casting news for “Inglorious Bastards,” which just added Michael Fassbender. (Variety)
- James McAvoy and Emily Blunt to lend voices to animated “Gnomeo and Juliet.” Anybody says anything bad about Emily Blunt, I will cut you. (THR)
- First look at Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart in “Night at the Museum 2.” (Bad and Ugly)
A new offering from Quentin Tarantino is still a special event for me. They're few and far between but I can count on one hand the number of filmmakers with the confidence and talent to back it up like QT. The guy doesn't make a wrong move (okay, maybe "Death Proof"?) but I have to say, with each passing casting announcement on "Inglorious Bastards" I shake my head in confusion a little more vigorously.
Variety is reporting that Mike Myers, the Love Guru himself, will be joining Tarantino's WWII ensemble. "Myers will play British Gen. Ed Fenech, a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders," writes the trade. Um...okay. I guess if anyone can reign in the master mugger it's Quentin? Right? RIGHT? Read more...
- Finally some hot girl on God action! Megan Fox in NC-17 trailer for fake movie “Teresa: The Making of a Saint” from “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.” (Teresa)
- They seriously have to be too old for this shiat. Shane Black reportedly writing “Lethal Weapon 5.” (Coming Soon)
- Is it too late to replace Alicia Keys and Jack White? Joe Cornish (co-writer of “Ant-Man”) crafts definitive Bond themesong. (CHUD)
- First look at Viggo Mortensen in “The Road.” (USA Today)
- “Office” star B.J. Novak in talks to star as PFC Utivich in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Bastards.” (THR)
By Gil Kaufman
We already warned you not to get too excited about that report in England's Daily Telegraph on Britney Spears possibly taking the lead in a Quentin Tarantino remake of the trash classic "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" After all, Tarantino himself told MTV at Cannes earlier this year that the rumors were "complete bulls---." Now Access Hollywood has confirmed that the story is nothing but wishful thinking. Read more...
By Gil Kaufman
There are a lot of roles we could see Britney Spears playing in remakes of classic movies that should never be remade, like Molly Ringwald's snooty character in "The Breakfast Club" or even the Natalie Wood slot in "Rebel Without a Cause." Some might quibble that Russ Meyer's 1965 cult-classic jiggle-fest "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" is not on par with those cinema icons (though plenty would argue otherwise, including yours truly). But there's a longstanding rumor that just won't go away that says Quentin Tarantino is excited about the prospect of casting Spears in his remake of "Pussycat." Let's just say we're not lining up for tickets just yet. Read more...
