The Weinstein Co has released a press release today stating that director Quentin Tarantino has begun principal photography on his WWII epic “Inglorious Bastards.” Furthermore, the press release mentioned Cloris Leachman as part of the cast. Of course, you already have notable actors such as Brad Pitt, Mike Myers, and Eli Roth in on this film.

Tarantino plans to complete production of Inglorious Bastards in time for release at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2009. 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.”

The film will be divided into five chapters (Kill Bill style):
-Chapter One: Once Upon a Time… Nazi Occupied France
-Chapter Two: Inglorious Bastards
-Chapter Three: German Night in Paris
-Chapter Four: Operation Kino
-Chapter Five: Revenge of the Giant Face