Lots of talking is going on to cast Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglorious Bastards.  Hostel director Eli Roth is talking about playing a baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter – ouch!

Production begins this fall in Europe.

Brad Pitt, as reported earlier, is still talking to play Aldo Raine, leader of a rogue band of Jewish-American soldiers who wreak havoc on the bad guys in Nazi-occupied France.

Roth is in talks to play Sgt. Donnie Donowitz.

Roth played a small role in Tarantino’s Death Proof segment of Grindhouse and directed one of the phony movie trailers that played during the film. Tarantino was an executive producer and lent his name as a presenter on Roth’s breakout directing hit, Hostel.  Sounds like friend to me.

Tarantino is expected to formalize his cast shortly. Hurry up!!! Enough Talking!!

Tarantino had planned to meet with Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of SS Col. Hans Landa, just decided the role should be played by a German actor.