Quentin Tarantino/Universal/Weinsteins have finally secured their A-list star. Brad Pitt has signed on to the World War II drama Inglorious Bastards, spearheading a project that might not have as many well known movie stars present as we previously thought.

Variety say British comedian and good friend of Tarantino, Simon Pegg has also surprisingly joined the cast as a British lieutenant. Pegg is making a career out of “it’s not what you know but who you know”.

It would also appear that Tarantino has cast his first “career resurrection” role as former German star Nastassja Kinski who led the 80’s remake of Cat People and has been very quiet for a decade or more has also joined Inglorious Bastards as a German movie star queen.

Not finished yet. The trade also say relatively unknown actor David Krumholtz, a regular on the t.v. show Numbers is cast as an American solider.

A few more details about the project are starting to leak. Variety say most of the dialogue is in German or French with subtitles helping out the English speaking audience. Only the English actors will speak English.

So the eight (or nine because the trade’s don’t make it clear if that involves Pitt) Jewish-American soldiers that take on the Nazi’s are Brad Pitt, B.J. Novak, Eli Roth and David Krumholtz.

Casting should be complete in a week or two (sooner rather than later if these daily update keeps going) and filming will begin on October 3rd, with Tarantino wanting this in competition at next year’s Cannes Film Festival.

It’s also been confirmed that Tim Roth WON’T be in the picture because he couldn’t fit the movie into his schedule as he is busy with his t.v. show Lie to Me. No word on Michael Madsen or Bo Svensson just yet – both men looked a lock for the project for years but casting has been so out of left field so far, who knows?