Well, how about that? Our previous reports that the Weinsteins were planning on releasing Quentin Tarantino’s war film, Inglourious Basterds, on DVD before year’s end for Award reasons have turned out to be true. The Playlist points us to Blu-ray.com where they confirm December 15th in the U.S. and December 7th in the UK as release dates for Inglourious Basterds on DVD and Blu-ray. Earlier this year, the financially strapped Weinsteins sold the DVD distribution rights to Universal who will be handling the release.

However, where the news has been confirmed of an early Inglourious Basterds release, this news differs in that it won’t be a “down and dirty, bear-bones” release after all. You’d think that by releasing it early to get it readily available to award voters (individually watermarked award screeners cost a helluva of a lot more than a general release on DVD/Blu-ray) that special features would be sorely lacking. But at least on the Blu-ray front that won’t be the case.

This week:

The box office is still Cloudy; Neve Campbell Screams again; Dourif and Plummer confess to a Priest; TNT give some Basterd’s $12 million and Paul Dano decides to Cruise with Diaz.

I’m sure the Weinstein Brothers have told their employees which ones are being let go, because finding out via a movie blog that you need to register for unemployment is really uncool.

It would seem that even Hollywood can fall succumb to the ills of a recession-filled economy. Even as Hollywood boasts of record profits (due mostly to a handful of films and the extra boost from 3D sales), major studios like Universal and The Weinstein Company are either cutting back expenses or letting people go.

Such is the sad case today as TWC announced the trimming of their roster from around 125 to about 90 for the next round of cuts coming next month.

Today we have a couple of pieces of news pertaining to The Weinstein Company, headed by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein. The first tibit is that the company has acquired the Toronto International Film Festival hit, A Single Man. The second is speculation over the company’s finances, and what part Inglourious Basterds writer/director, Quentin Tarantino, is playing in that calculation.

A SINGLE MAN

The Weinstein Company has acquired the U.S. and German rights to A Single Man, the Tom Ford directed drama – based on a the novel by Christopher Isherwood – about a gay British college professor (played by Colin Firth) in 1960’s LA who is attempting to cope with the death of his partner. The Weinsteins are planning a limited release before the end of the year to make sure it qualifies for the Oscars, with a wider release planned after that in early 2010.

The imagery of World War II is truly indelible. So many people creating and reacting to so much havoc would make even the most steadfast of wills flinch.

This summer, Quentin Tarantino and company treated us to Inglorious Basterds, which was the seed not only for a great summer movie review, but for a listing of “The 5 Best Films Where Nazis Get Owned!”

The imagery conjured in many WWII films has been at least as powerful as those captured during the actual fight for right in Europe – and now, a new poster has appeared online that offers you even more introspection into the realm of Nazis, Basterds and old-school flavor.

The difference? The imagery in this poster has never been used. Check it out:

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds opened last Friday to a $14 million first day reception and $38 million opening weekend at the domestic box office, with a worldwide reception of $65-plus million. Right about now, exec producers the Weinsteins are bound to be breathing a big sigh of relief, since after the financial failure of Grindhouse they not only want, but need, this movie to make money.

Basterds was released on August 21st, which is a bit early – you would think that they’d wait out as long as they could and release the film in late November/December, sliding it in there before the end of the year to make it eligible (and to keep it fresh in mind) for the Oscars. That’s exactly what they did with The Reader last year, which garnered it five nominations including Best Picture. But it appears that Harvey Weinstein has a different strategy in mind for pushing Inglourious Basterds into the awards arena…

This Week:

The Basterds have landed at the top of the box office; Karl Urban takes a bite out of Priest; Summit attempts to grab Jodie Foster’s Beaver; Rosario Dawson boards Unstoppable; The Twilight Saga: Eclipse begins; Pandorum is pushed back and is it a trick or a treat for Trick r’ Treat?

Short Version: Don’t go into Inglourious Basterds expecting a serious WWII film and you’ll  probably end up having fun with it.

Screen Rant reviews Inglourious Basterds

I am not a Quentin Tarantino disciple (just thought I’d get that out of the way).

Now don’t jump to conclusions – I like most of Tarantino’s films, I’m just not a dyed in the wool Tarantino junkie. I like most of his movies but I haven’t made a secret of the fact that I absolutely despised most of Death Proof.

Despite a directing history going back to 1987, Inglourious Basterds is only the seventh movie he’s directed. If there’s one thing you can say about him it’s that he’s got a sense of style when it comes to his films, and this one is no exception.

Today we have a bunch of new posters for you that have appeared online over the lat few days or so. They include posters for Saw VI and a new George Clooney film, Up in the Air, a couple of special ones for Inglourious Basterds, and a couple foreign language ones for [REC] 2 and Shutter Island. Check them all out below.

First up is the new poster for the upcoming next installment in the successful torture-porn horror Saw franchise, Saw VI. I’m not going to waste much time in saying this franchise lost what made it interesting long ago.

Nazis. They’re the focus of those seeking justice everywhere and have been put squarely in the cross-hairs of one of Hollywood’s newest offerings, Inglourious Basterds, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Quentin Tarantino. In the film, Pitt governs a cavalcade of Nazi-killing talent, providing us with what could be an end-of-summer hit.

However, Inglourious Basterds wasn’t Hollywood’s first dance with epic Nazi ass-kicking.

Nazis have rightly been the recipients of the cinematic hammer of scorn for years and now is a perfect time to showcase some of the best of the best examples of those evil bastards getting what’s coming to them.

Screen Rant is proud to corral some of the greatest silver-screen titles that feature unforgiving Nazi punishment, as we review the “Top 5 Movies Where Nazis Get OWNED!”

As Screen Rant readers may be aware, this Friday, Quentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated film Inglourious Basterds bludgeons its way onto theater screens in what is sure to be a bloody, violent (if not dialog heavy) film. What you may NOT be aware of, is that before Tarantino came along, Mario did it first, using his plunger of Justice to crack some Koopa shell!

The guys over at Gamer Vision have put together a humorous Inglourious Basterds parody video involving Toadsworth as Brad Pitt (funny mustache and all), Mario, Luigi, Toadstool and the Princess playing the parts of the Basterds and Koopa and his henchman playing the parts of the Nazis. Well done guys! Check out the video below.

With Inglourious Basterds opening in theaters everywhere this Friday, August 21st, it will mark Quentin Tarantino’s sixth movie (if you count the Kill Bills as one movie). Compared to some other directors that’s not that many movies – particularly considering the talent Tarantino has for both writing and directing.

Anyone who knows anything about Tarantino will know that he’s not only a filmmaker but a truly avid and well-versed film fan. He’s revealed his almost encyclopedic knowledge of movies on several occasions, including during TV, print and online interviews, to commentary tracks and film discussion documentaries (a notable example of the latter is the recent Not Quite Hollywood – wow, does he know his stuff). Many of Tarantino’s favorite films are obscure and older movies (Rio Bravo I believe is his favorite of all time) that many of us may not have seen or even heard of.

A bunch of new clips have recently appeared online for the two movies that will effectively cap off the summer of 2009: District 9 and Inglourious Basterds. Both are highly-anticipated movies around these parts, and thankfully we won’t have to wait much longer before they get released in theaters.

While some fans of Chris Nolan’s directorial work can’t wait to see his third film in the Batman franchise others are excited by his next work – the Leonardo DiCaprio starring Inception.

Little is known about this mysterious science fiction film, but we finally know that the teaser trailer will be attached to some (but not all) prints of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, which opens on August 21st.

A faux trailer has been released for Nation’s Pride, which is the movie-within-the-movie from Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming WWII revenge flick, Inglourious Basterds. Directed by Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever), Nation’s Pride tells the story of German War hero, Fredrick Zoller (played by Daniel Brühl). Within Basterds universe, the faux film serves as the propaganda tool of Joseph Goebbels’ (Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda).

Quentin Tarantino is one of those filmmakers who has so many ideas for what he still wants to do some day, but either takes a helluva of a long time to get around to them, or nothing even comes of them. For avid fans of the man, this is so often a disappointment. So what’s the next idea Tarantino has in mind? A Western, that’s what.

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds was at one point just an idea for a project that he always said he’d do, but never quite seemed to get to. Then, suddenly, the project picked up steam and before we knew it, Inglourious Basterds was finished and premiering at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. The marketing for Basterds has been in full speed for a few months now, with posters, images and trailers galore.

Today we have a new poster for Inglourious Basterds, along with the news that the soundtrack will go on sale close to the film’s theatrical release. But before we get onto the soundtrack info, take a look at the 14th poster for Inglourious Basterds (yep, there’s been that many). Is it just me, or does Brad Pitt look sort of… odd? Check it out:

About six weeks ago, Screen Rant reported on the rumors that Quentin Tarantino was going to be re-editing his WWII film Inglourious Basterds, even adding some scenes and thus adding a lot more minutes to the almost two-and-a-half hour Cannes version runtime. The majority of movie goers who weren’t lucky enough to be at Cannes to see the Basterds premiere could cling onto the fact that when we see the film we will get more of those Basterds to enjoy.

Well, today we get word from Tarantino himself that the final runtime of Inglourious Basterds is a full ONE MINUTE longer than the Cannes cut. Ah, and there was us fans looking forward to another Gone With The Wind length marathon…

The posters, trailers and images for Quentin Tarantino’s Palme d’Or nominated, WWII film Inglourious Basterds really are shooting out at a rapid pace. In terms of posters, we’ve had nine already and today Empire has premiered four more to add to that list. They are separate character posters that expand on the International (Italian) poster we saw a few weeks ago. We have those four for you – plus the International one now in English!

Whether it’s his razor sharp dialogue, his impeccable use of popular music, or his ever-stylish cinematography, Quentin Tarantino is undoubtedly one of Hollywood’s most exciting and talented directors. And judging by the buzz surrounding his latest film, the WWII epic Inglourious Basterds, that isn’t going to change anytime soon.

Last week, Screen Rant reported on the second full trailer for the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film, Inglourious Basterds, and it was excellent.

That teaser emphasized the style of the film and revealed a brief outline of what the film’s plot may lead up to. Today’s international trailer does much more of the same and is just as good.

In just a few weeks, we’ve gone from hearing that Inglourious Basterds would be 40 minutes shorter (a rumor Harvey Weinstein forcefully dismissed saying “There’s no fu**ing way“) to the possibility of a whole new Inglourious Basterds film. In the same GQ interview in which he dismissed the runtime rumors, Weinstein spoke at length about a possible Inglourious Basterds prequel.

You may remember a couple of weeks ago Screen Rant reported on news that the Weinstein Company wanted Quentin Tarantino to cut a whopping 40 minutes from his upcoming WWII flick, Inglourious Basterds. The news, which came from The Wrap, said that the 2 hour 40 minute length that Basterds was originally supposed to be was being considered, “too long, especially for American audiences.”

Well, in an interview with GQ, Harvey Weinstein has said that the news of cutting 40 minutes out of Inglourious Basterds is, “untrue. There’s no fu**ing way. Here, read my lips: That is nuts.”

Hot off the presses we’ve got the latest and fullest trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming WWII flick, Inglourious Basterds! The trailer recently aired on Spike TV but is now available online for your viewing pleasure!

In fact, what are you doing still reading this? Check out the trailer below to see Brad Pitt and Co. killing Nazis the best (and most brutal) way they know how!

The posters we’ve had so far for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming WWII film Inglourious Basterds have mainly been character-centric ones. Released one by one, they are great little treats for any eager fans (such as myself) who are chomping at the bit for Tarantino’s take on a war movie. Today we have a new poster for the film (unfortunately it’s in Italian), and it’s another character-centric one but this time features more than just one character.

The last time Screen Rant reported on Inglourious Basterds’ runtime it was said that writer/director Quentin Tarantino was actually about twenty minutes under what he was contractually obligated to produce, with the cut showed at Cannes being 2 hours 27 minutes.

Tarantino himself said that he would be re-editing Inglourious Basterds post-Cannes, perhaps even adding an entire scene to reach the 2 hour 48 minute runtime. However, in lieu of the widespread rumors that The Weinstein Company is currently having financial problems, it is being reported that they DON’T want to lengthen the film but rather cut it down… by a whopping 40 minutes!

Today we have a couple more looks at Quentin Tarantino’s Cannes award-winning WWII flick Inglourious Basterds, in the form of a clip and a poster. Both the clip and poster are central to the character of Sergeant Huge Siglitz, an amateur Nazi killer who’s about to go pro (according to Brad Pitt’s Lt. Aldo Reine in the clip). He’s played by Til Schweiger, and by the looks of him in this clip, in the poster and image we posted recently where he’s holding a giant machine gun, he’s one bad-ass mofo.

Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming WWII film Inglourious Basterds premiered at the Cannes Film Festival the other day to mostly positive reviews, with one person even calling it his best work since Pulp Fiction. The cut people saw at Cannes was 2 hours 27 minutes, a fair length for a movie that’s reportedly made up of mostly dialogue-driven scenes. And yet it seems that may not be the version the general public will end up getting: We will most likely see an even longer cut.

From Tarantino himself comes the word that his Cannes-cut of Inglourious Basterds is over 20 minutes short of the 2 hours and 48 minutes he is contractually obligated to produce. So what does this mean for the movie? Well, it appears that to make up the time, Tarantino will be re-editing the movie post-Cannes, changing things here and there and perhaps even adding an entire scene.

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds is one of the more highly anticipated movies of 2009 and fans have been eagerly awaiting word on how the film will stack up agaisnt Tarantino’s past catalouge of greats (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) and not so greats (some would argue Death Proof).

Inglourious Basterds premiered at Cannes this past week and a few lucky sons-of-guns around the blogosphere were able to snag a seat for the screening. We’ve got the first reviews back from those that saw Tarantino’s self-proclaimed “masterpiece”, plus three new clips from Inglourious Basterds to help you judge for yourself.

In just a few hours, Quentin Tarantino will be debuting his WWII epic drama Inglourious Basterds at Cannes and contend for the prestigious Palme d’Or award. It would be his second (the first being for Pulp Fiction 15 years prior), but extra special because he’s “expecting this to be one of the high moments of [his] career.”