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Quentin Tarantino is going to war. Well, he’s making a war movie, anyway. He is prepping his new screenplay, Inglorious Bastards, to shoot in October. The movie will be a Dirty Dozen style World War Two actioner, and it’s one that Tarantino has been wanting to make for a long time.

The title may sound familiar to older readers or those who spend too much time watching cable TV. That’s because he bought the title and remake rights to Enzo Castellari’s 1978 movie of the same name. Tarantino’s film will be based on his own original screenplay. Most likely he only bought the rights to avoid getting sued for “trading on the name” of the previous picture, although I’d imagine Tarantino’s name lends more clout to the project than Inglorious Bastards does.

Lawrence Bender, who has worked with Tarantino since Reservoir Dogs, will again produce. The Weinstein Co. will co-finance the film, and they are looking to join forces with a major studio in exchange for non-US distribution rights.

So far, no one has been cast, although Brad Pitt’s name has come up.

Given the details we know so far, Tarantino’s first war film promises to be a big-budget epic along the scale of Kill Bill, although hopefully it won’t be in two parts… but probably, it will.