The rumors of Bruce Willis and Sly Stallone I've heard and reported before. I believe they are a real possibility. The talk of Schwarzenegger I think is bogus.

Here's what Quentin supposedly said:

"I've said it once and I am going to say it again. I want Bruce, Sly and Arnold for my World War II epic. I have always dream of having these 3 superstars together in a movie. Initially Inglorious Bastards was suppose to be in production way back in 1998 with these casts but I shifted my attention on my other projects such as Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction and Sin City.

No source, just a couple of quotes. And it sounds awfully silly for Tarantino to have shifted his attention to Pulp Fiction 4 years after its release.

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If you happen to be in or around Philadelphia on April 1st, you might want to stop by the Philadelphia International House and see the Sword Masters Kamui, who appeared in Kill Bill. [thanks to John for the tip]

Japanese sword masters Kamui, who choreographed and appeared in fight sequences in the hit movie Kill Bill, take to the International House stage to demonstrate traditional sword fighting techniques. Members of the audience will have the opportunity to try out some of Kamui's moves during this interactive presentation.

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Film Focus has an interview with Michael Madsen in which he talks about Sin City and the upcoming Inglorious Bastards.

Yeah, we were talking about Inglorious Bastards a couple of hours a go," Madsen told FilmFocus, "he's got an interesting idea of how to make it. I think he's going to cut it up into a couple of different parts, 'cos it's a big story to tell and he doesn't want to cram it all into one show. I don't know the whole story of how he's going to do it but eventually we'll get there, you know."

Madsen also told us the project was one very close to him, "I'm looking forward to doing it," he said, "my father's brother was killed in World War 2, my dad was in the Navy and my cousin Kenny was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. I've always wanted to play a soldier and being able to do it was Quentin is obviously going to be a great time. A great experience, you know. I think his take on it is gonna be... different. It ain't gonna be the norm that's for sure."

Please tell me that cutting Bastards into multiple movies is absolutely necessary. Splitting Kill Bill ticked off alot of people, and probably hurt the movie's chance at being seriously considered for many awards. Lets hope we aren't headed down that road again over a film that might be 30 minutes longer than the studio would like. Please, QT - one movie.

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Its located in Europe, but you can buy one guy's Pussy Wagon on eBay for 7500 Euros. Found via Inglorious Bastards.

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Could this be some details about QT's Mandarin language film?

Martial-art star Donnie Yen also said there was a good chance that he would work with Tarantino but he did not say more."

Yen in a Tarantino flick? Could happen ... he is the lead star of Iron Monkey, a flick Tarantino lobbied hard to get into North American theaters, so they're certainly familiar with one another. There's no source on this, so I have no idea how reliable the information is, but this could very well be the break that brings Yen into the western world in a big way ...

Thanks to Todd from Twitch Film for the heads up.

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Both Kill Bill and Hero will be among the 1st films released for the new Sony PSP. The format for these films is called UMD, and they are supposed to retail for between $19.99 and $28.95 - which I find ridiculous considering they will only plan on the tiny screen of the PSP.

I really wish somebody would make a portable game player that accepted regular DVDs, and would use standard digital camera memory modules instead of relying on proprietary technologies. Heck, if photo printers can have 3 or 4 different types of memory card slots on them, why can't the PSP.

Amazon is currently offering pre-orders for the PSP bundle that comes w/ 5 games. The PSP gets released on March 24th.

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Empire Magazine has posted a transcript Quentin's acceptance speech from his Icon of the Decade Award. They've also put up an MP3 of the speech if you'd rather listen than read.

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Daltry Calhoun, the Johnny Knoxville movie that Tarantino is producing, may be sold by Miramax as part of their restructuring.

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FilmFocus has an interview with Tarantino where he confirms (or as close to it as he ever gets) that Inglorious Bastards is next, probalby followed by the Mandarin language film.

"I want do a Mandarin language movie, but I'm not sure it'll be the next movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next. I'm doing Inglorious Bastards next. It's my bunch-of-guys-on-a-mission movie. It's my World War 2 movie."

The film will star Michael Madsen for definite, more on that later in the week, and names like Adam Sandler and Bo Svenson have been circling around the project. Tarantino told us it was too early to talk cast, but that he has some people in mind.

I'm glad to see that QT is being consistent with what he's telling people - that indicates to me that he has likely made a decision and isn't just winging it when asked about future plans.

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The QT Archives has some long awaited info on when a combined Kill Bill movie & DVD will be released from Tarantino himself:

"It will be Kill Bill the Japanese version - the four hour movie all together with an intermission in the middle. It will probably be the first release from Miramax's new company, first at cinemas and then on DVD. It will also probably get a higher age rating. We had to cut it when Miramax was part of Disney but now we can do whatever the fuck we want."

No dates on those releases yet, but I'd expect something before the end of the year.

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In addition to saying he would retire in 2020, QT also kind of sort of laid out his future film plans at the Empire Film Awards:

"What's happening with Friday The 13th? Nothing at all! It's a complete lie. I like Jason and everything, but I've no intention of directing a movie! New Line talked to me about it, but it was a complete fabrication, that article. I would love to do a horror film. I'm just saying it's not going to be Friday The 13th..."

That seems concrete enough, so I guess we can scratch this idea as rumor. As for what he is going to do next, well thats left a bit open:

"My next film is probably going to be Inglorious Bastards, yeah. I've written scenes. I've written a lot of it but now I have to sit down and start putting it together in a script that I can start shooting. And that's a different thing."

Thats my emphasis on the 'probably' in QT's statement. I'd love to see Inglorious Bastards next - and sometime soon please, but until there is confirmation that the filming has actually begun ... well, lets just say that Tarantino has enough different ideas in his head that he could end up going in alot of different directions.

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Quentin told the crowd at London's Empire Awards (where he was being honored as 'Film Icon of The Decade') that he plans to retire in 15 years (another version of the same story) and become a simply theatre manager.

What kind of confuses me here is - what 'decade' is QT being honored for? Over the past 10 years, he has only released Jackie Brown and Kill Bill - certainly good stuff - but best of the decade? I'm not sure thats enough work over that time period to be considered for such an honor.

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Came back from a trip to Houston to see that I'd received a copy of DK Holm's Kill Bill Casebook. Getting free stuff is always fun.

My first impression after thumbing thru the book is that it is incredibly detailed in its analysis of each and every scene from the Kill Bill films. When I had mentioned the book previously, I didn't really know what to make of it - thought it may be something like the American Psycho: A Reader's Guide that I had read a few years ago.

Its partly that - an explantion of whats going on with the plot - but its moreso just a vast wealth of detailed info about the minutiae of the film. For those of us that are big fans - just what we are looking for.

I'll try and get a full on review of the book up over the next couple of weeks.

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FINAL UPDATE: Tarantino specifically denied this story was true at the 2005 Empire Film Awards. A rumor to end all rumors ... Tarantino to make the new Friday the 13th movie!

IGN FilmForce has learned that none other than Oscar-winner Quentin Tarantino is in final negotiations to write and direct the Ultimate Jason Voorhees Movie, an all new Friday the 13th for New Line.

At first blush, it sounds too cheesy to have any truth to it. But the more I think about this, I think its exactly what QT would like to do. Just like with Kill Bill, he's taking a genre (slasher/horror film instead of kung-fu) that has long been neglected by anyone with talent, with the sole purpose of resurrecting it; showing that even this so-called lowly genre can contain compelling films if done the right way.

The projected schedule for this movie would have principal photography starting this year.

UPDATE: Check out the Friday the 13th forum thread for a bunch more discussion.

UPDATE #2: Bloody Disgusting reports that this is NOT a rumor, though the way they word it, Tarantino is only "in talks" to do the film, not confirmed.

UPDATE #3: Even Reuters is reporting this rumor. And the guys in the Friday the 13th Forum have started photoshopping this idea.

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