Tuesday, May 27th, 2007:

“Oh, yeah, no. The next movie I’m doing is my WWII movie Inglorious Bastards. I actually just finished the first draft of the script and when I go home I’ll be finishing it up…and if all goes well [pregnant pause] I will be here 2009 at Cannes with my war film INGLORIOUS BASTARDS!!! [applause].”

Ok, let’s settle down there QT. How long have we heard that Inglorious Bastards is coming? 5 years now? It was supposed to follow up Kill Bill, and there were rumors that it was going to be epic in scope. Both of these facts suggest that you may be creating a little bit too much hype over a script you just finished…

And guess who is going to be eating those words come this May (hint: rhymes with “cave”)…

From Variety:

The Brad Pitt starrer, set in Nazi-occupied France, has been invited to play in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Insiders said Tarantino, a longtime favorite of the French, has accepted the offer and has told the film’s backers — the Weinstein Co. and Universal Pictures — that the pic will be ready for its world premiere during the May fest.

The movie, which follows a band of Jewish-American soldiers whose mission is to take down a group of Nazis, will bow Aug. 21.

Both the Weinstein Co. and U declined comment. Cannes organizers, who will announce the fest’s lineup April 23, could not immediately be reached.

Well, I’ll be damned.

If you like the above cast pic (From left, Mélanie Laurent, Christopher Waltz as Colonel Hans Landa, Omar Doom as P.F.C. Omar Ulmer, Daniel Brühl as Frederick Zoller, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth as Sergeant Donny Donowitz, Kruger, and Pitt), CLICK HERE for Vanity Fair’s photospread.