The latest on Tarantino’s WW2 project

Posted on June 23, 2008
Filed Under Actors, Directors, Remake

It’s been a long time since I had the pleasure to post something about director/writer Quentin Tarantino. I’m fully aware of the fact that most people under twenty have a completely different view on Tarantino. I’m guessing that if you didn’t watch ”Pulp Fiction” when it hit the movies in 1994 you can’t possibly understand the impact that movie had on moviegoers all over the world. It was something new, fresh and utterly smart.

Anyway, Dark Horizons tells us that some new information has come to light concerning Tarantino’s long in-development remake of “Inglorious Bastards” which he claimed he finished the script for last month. Apparently it’s a tribute to “The Great Escape,” “The Dirty Dozen,” “Inglorious Bastards” and many more WW2 movies.

The film will be split into two, just like ”Kill Bill,” and is said to be keeping much of the original’s setup. That film had a group of hardened criminals escape custody when Nazis attack the military convoy transporting them. The cons decide to make their way to Switzerland, fighting off both the Allies and Nazis to get there.

Most important though is that all the rumored names mentioned so far for the film can be chucked out as he’s “decided to write the characters with no specific actor in mind”. Quentin is also considering “an epic slow motion scene.” Ok…

Unfortunately we will have to wait until 2010 before we get to enjoy this giant WW2 project. So… don’t hold your breath kids.

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