Tarantino Update, Deal with New Line

Seems that RopeOfSilicone has the low down on why Tarantino is directing the upcoming Jason Vorhees movie. Seems its a tit for tat. New Line gets him to direct this movie and perhaps bring NEW life to it, and in exchange they make his movie that has been on the shelf, Inglorious Bastards" Here is a quote from Rope:

Our scooper was able to catch up with someone from over at New Line and apparently, if the deal goes through, it deal will be worked out as a win-win for both sides as New Line has asked Tarantino to do this one film for them and they will help him get his other films off the ground starting with Inglorious Bastards.

Now the news doesn't just stop there, rumor has it that Tarantino will be given free reign to do as he pleases on the film, in addition, they're allowing him to play a major acting role in the film.

So what about this Inglorious Bastards right? Well, the word coming in, and remember this is just rumor for those of you that want to reprint the news saying its a done deal, is that Tarantino is eyeing John Travolta for the part. That's right Travolta needs QT's help again as he continually seems to be proving that a movie he stars in just isn't going to make it at the box-office as Be Cool is on its way to the bottom of the top ten where it will simmer and brew with the rest of the films with Travolta's name as the top billing from the past five years.

What Travolta would even play in Inglorious is up in the air as Tarantino hasn't let us know much more than the film is set in World War II, and revolves around a group of soldiers on their way to be executed, only they get the chance for a reprieve. Tarantino describes them as "Not your normal hero types that are thrown into a big deal in World War II."

Just rumor, but hey its still pretty detailed, look for more updates as we get em. You can read the rest of this report at Rope here