If you believe the rumors, then yes, he is. Today Brad Pitt's reps confirmed that he's officially in negotiations to star in Quentin Tarantino's long-gestating war epic, Inglorious Bastards. More on this match made in heaven, after the jump!
So after several weeks of much-hyped info released in Hollywood regarding Tarantino's new film, which he released to the major studios in search of backing, it looks like the thing a set to go with Pitt, as well as being released through Universal. Furthermore, those rumors that Tarantino was pursuing Leonardo DiCaprio to costar, are apparently false.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Two story lines... converge: One follows a group of prisoners-turned-soldiers whose mission is to take down a group of Nazis, and the other follows a young Jewish woman who seeks to avenge the death of her parents by this Nazi group.
Pitt has been firing on all cylinders as of late (and not just his personal life), balancing both commercial fare (the Ocean's movies, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) with prestige pics that have given him some of his best performances (Babel, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford). Tarantino's last effort, Death Proof, was the stinker in his Grindhouse collaboration with Robert Rodriguez. However, his revenge opus was frenzied over by critics and crowds alike, and has quickly become a cult classic of grand stature.
The pairing seems like a fantastic match. Tarantino has a way of getting great performances out of his actors. Maybe one that might grab Pitt an Oscar nod for once (Jesse James was sorely overlooked). Plus Pitt's presence ads to the chances of commercial success that allows Tarantino to, thankfully, have creative control. Added bonus: Tarantino has already written for Pitt before as a stoner in True Romance (which has been the recent influence of James Franco's character in Pineapple Express).
So with DiCaprio seemingly out, who should be in? Clive Owen would be a smart pick. He's played a Jewish prisoner before in the 1997 film Bent, and he's already been directed by Tarantino before, when he "Guest Directed" the car scene between Owen and Benicio Del Toro in Sin City.
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