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Tarantino Unveils 'Inglorious Bastards'
Tarantino Unveils 'Inglorious Bastards'
Quentin Tarantino has just gone out with his long-anticipated script about World War II. But here's the weird thing sources are telling me: Harvey Weinstein is producing Inglorious Bastards but not financing it. This certainly adds fuel to those rumors that Harv is having money woes. This epic, originally for Miramax and originally set for 2001, has been [...]
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    Tarantino should just have a contract to make movies forever, no matter the subject.
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An Inglorious day.
IFC: Indie Eye — ... In late June, Tarantino, who claimed to have recently finished the "Inglorious Bastards" screenplay, said he was going to start on pre-production for the film -- for serious, this time. And it looks like he means it -- Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Tarantino is shopping the script around to four major studios, Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount and Sony, this very second. Adds Finke: "[N]ot only is Laurence Bender attached to produce Inglorious Bastards, but there's also 'a possibility' that Harvey Weinstein will be producing as well but ...

In and Around the Web
Awards Daily — Quentin Tarantino unveils Inglorious Bastards to Four Major Studios Gotham Awards moves to Cipriani Wall Street. Jeff Wells explains why he’s so down on studio movies lately. Watch an exclusive clip of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. JoBlo displays a graphic of Vertigo in its entirety. Universal announces the release of three Hitchcock DVDs: Vertigo, Rear Window, Psycho. New Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince stills with Jim Broadbent.

Stop the Goddamn Strike! Tarantino's INGLORIOUS BASTARDS Is Out to Studios!
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. — ... here... You know what this means? There's .pdf copy of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS making the agency/studio assistant rounds as we speak, which should put a draft of the script on my hard drive by... the end of the day? Drip forth, oh leaky USS Hollywood! But will it be financed outside of The Weinstein Company? And what does that mean for Harvey? It'd be interesting to see a Tarantino film go out under a studio logo, but let Nikki Finke worry about that ; I just want the fucking movie made , man. It's taken the better part of this decade for Tarantino to beat his "men on a mission" ...

Quentin Tarantino Shopping Inglorious Bastards Outside Weinstein Co.
/Film — ... With a sea of Internetters joining the bring-it-on parade that is Inglorious Bastards IRL, Quentin Tarantino is now shopping his finished script around town to Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount and Sony. The news arrives today via Nikki Finke, and she’s quick to point out that one studio is missing: The Weinstein Co. ...

Can YOU Finance Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’?
Vulture — ... According to Vulture buddy Nikki Finke, Quentin Tarantino has finally completed the screenplay for Inglorious Bastards, his long-delayed, oft-promised WWII movie, and sent it out to four major studios. Apparently there's a chance that Harvey Weinstein could produce it, but the film's financing likely won't come from the Weinstein Company. Finke says this falls in line with rumors that Harvey's having money problems (sadly, he can no longer afford ...

Inglorious Bastards. Round Up (08/07/08)
Fataculture — ... runs through some of his antics thus far. Which, like, no one cares about, not until the movie opens anyway. Nikki Finke ……Inglorious Bastards………So what?…..Blah…….And then ...

Keep Yr Sexual Fantasies About Neitzsche to Yrself. BlogNosh 07/08/08
SpoutBlog — ... Blah blah blah Inglorious Bastards, blah blah blah believe it when I see it and only care on a much colder day in hell than that. ...

Quentin Tarantino Shops Inglorious Bastards Around
FirstShowing.net — ... that the hefty script was finally finished, we receive word from Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood that the film not only has a producer on board ( ...

Quentin Tarantino Shops Inglorious Bastards Around (UPDATE)
FirstShowing.net — ... that the hefty script was finally finished, we receive word from Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood that the film not only has a producer on board ( ...

Pitt for Inglorious Bastards?
Filmstalker — ... the film and that Brad Pitt's name seems to be thrown at every major project that is announced, but apparently this rumour is pretty firm and comes from a good source. If you're really interested Harvey Weinstein is set to produce the film with Lawrence Bender. Yeah, we've got that out of the way, let's leap forward with this casting rumour. Quentin Tarantino apparently asked Brad Pitt to star in the film, and Deadline Hollywood Daily, through Digital Spy , started the rumour and later confirmed it with a source, although that's about as much ...

SAG Out of Luck. Trade Roughag 07/09/08
SpoutBlog — ... Nikki Finke’s report that the Weinsteins are looking for a financing partner to help them get Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards made in time for premiere at Cannes 2009; the studio has already found a moneybag for Rob Marshall’s Nine in Relativity Media. ...

Now You, Too, Can Lose Money Financing a Weinstein Company Film [Suffering For His Art]
Gawker: defamer — ... , is apparently also in the market for a backer. And not just a co-producer — the Weinstein s and Lawrence Bender have that part under control — but an actual studio with actual money, writes Nikki Finke: ...

Tarantino Wants A Piece of Pitt
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton — Who doesn't want Brad Pitt?! Quentin Tarantino's finally unveiled his long awaited World War II script and he wants Brad for the lead role. Tarantino reportedly described it as a Spaghetti Western meets World II film that's an homage to 1967's The Dirty Dozen (and its derivatives) with a story about a group of soldiers on their way to be executed who get the chance of a reprieve. The flick's called Inglorious Bastards and Harvey Weinstein is set to produce. However, ...

Hollywood Babble On & On #125: Random Summer Musings...
The Furious D Show- The One, The Only, The Best, Accept No Imitations — ... 1. Quentin Tarantino has finally finished his script for the remake of The Inglorious Bastards and he and producer Harvey Weinstein are shopping it around Hollywood, and it's reported that Weinstein will co-produce it with returning Tarantino producer Lawrence Bender. ...

"Inglorious Bastards" News - Script Reviews, Casting, and Studio Searching
FilmArcade.net — [image] Source: Cinematical , ComingSoon.net , /Film I’ve been holding off reporting this event for two reasons – one, because I was waiting for the final bit of news, and two, I’m still having orgasms from the Cannes Film Festival announcement. The greatest director of all-time, Quentin Tarantino, has been shopping around his script for “Inglorious Bastards.” Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood reports something strange out of all of the film studios he sent the script around to (which were Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, and Sony) – it doesn’t ...

Details On Tarantino's Inglorious New Movie
Cinema Blend News — ... Tarantino plans to start shooting it in October, backed up by The Weinstein Company. They’re no doubt in a hurry, since they could really use a hit. Maybe that means we’ll see it as soon as 2009? After all the waiting over this one, the sooner the better. As for who may end up starring in it, several different sources, including Jon Favreau hater Nikke Finke , claim Tarantino is courting Brad Pitt for a leading role. Last I heard he wasn’t Jewish, though we have proof that his bits and pieces are properly kosher. The film sounds like an ensemble with 8 primary roles, which ...

What Is Quentin Tarantino Doing?
Agent Bedhead — ... , which describes the project as, “Kill Bill meets The Dirty Dozen meets Cinema Paradiso ,” followed by this kicker: “If anyone is crazy enough to fund it, this movie is gonna be awesome.” Even scarier, Harvey Weinstein has already agreed to produce, but the projected budget is so presumably large that a third-party, Lawrence Bender, will do the financing with room for more. As audiences learned from Grindhouse , an awesome movie doesn’t necessarily rake in box-office dollars. Rumour also has it that ...

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