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The Hollywood Reporter has listed the latest round of updates for Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards. First up is Diane Kruger, who's been cast as Bridget Von Hammersmark in a role previously thought to go to Nastassja Kinski. Kruger's  not particularly well-known and her few large feature performances come from Troy and the National Treasure movies, which weren't exactly roles that made her stretch. Still, Tarantino's got an incredible eye for talent, so he must see something there that others haven't.

When Quentin Tarantino decided to remake the 1977 Italian film, Inglorious Bastards, he probably had no idea how uncomfortably close to the mark that descriptor would apply to the creative process. Well, the "inglorious" part, at least. First, Tarantino sat on the screenplay for about five years, evidently uncertain how to market the 600-page behemoth. Then, the movie was going to be split into two parts, and then sort of not. Now more fresh grist from the industry rumor mill arrives in the form of a casting shake-up.

Inglorious as it may be, Quentin Tarantino has lined up a bevy of actors to join his unlikely band of bastards.

Update: Turns out Spears won't be featured in Tarantino's film after all.

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John of Patmos prophesied that Armageddon would be marked by turbulent political upheaval, mass deaths and a cornucopia of plagues visited upon the hapless people of Earth. It looks like that plagues thing might be right on target, because Britney Spears is being given another chance at a movie career. In a move that should surprise no one, the enabler of the End of Days is none other than one Quentin Tarantino.

It's been almost five yars since Quentin Tarantino first mentioned his war film Inglorious Bastards. At the time, it had a 600-page screenplay and was thought of as a possible trilogy.  But Tarantino makes films at his own pace, with only six under his belt since his debut with Resevoir Dogs. Apparently something fired him up at Cannes this year, though, and he announced that Bastards would premier there next year, a claim greeted with large amounts of skepticism.