Directors Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino at the premiere of GRINDHOUSE(2007).
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Eli Roth Joins Tarantino's BASTARDS
By: Jarrod SarafinDate: Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Source: Variety
It seems that directors Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino are joining forces again. The two have been teaming up since Quentin presented Hostel to the states, their latest effort having Roth direct the faux horror trailer Thanksgiving and cameo in Death Proof. Now, the director is set to co-star in Quentin's long awaited Inglorious Bastards. The trade reports Roth likely getting the role of Sgt. Donnie Donowitz, a baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter.
Roth is likely the second person attached in an official capacity for the film with Brad Pitt in talks to play Aldo Raine, leader of a rogue band of Jewish-American soldiers who wreak havoc on the bad guys in Nazi-occupied France.
Leonardo DiCaprio was up for the role of SS Col. Hans Landa but Tarantino nixed the idea, instead preferring to get a German actor for the part.
Production for the Weinstein and Universal film will begin in Europe this fall for a 2009 release.
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