When Quentin Tarantino made his bold statement at Cannes that he would be there in one year with Inglorious Bastards, everyone laughed and shook their heads saying “Ooh, Quentin, you rascal, you” and then continued about their business. Pretty much immediately after the amusing quote, Tarantino went and finished his script and then started casting and scouting locations like a mad man; this told us he was actually serious and was out to prove it.

So here we are. The movie is looking to start production this Fall and a strong cast is forming with Brad Pitt, B.J. Novak, Mike Myers, Samm Levine, and Eli Roth signed on and many more to surely come. This is everything we’ve wanted, isn’t it? We should be giddy and riddled with goosebumps, right? I’m not so sure.

Since all of this began there’s been some other names involved as well; names like Adam Sandler, Simon Pegg, David Krumholtz, and Nastassja Kinski. While Kinski still remains unknown, Sandler, Pegg, and Krumholtz have all had to decline the roles offered to them because of that bastard Hollywood demon, the “conflicting schedule.” Even worse than that, these guys were actually excited to be in this movie!

So the big question sits here, staring us all in the face — will Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards be all that we hope and dream it will be no matter what the final cast is, or is rushing the film to keep a promise and missing out on someone like Adam Sandler or Simon Pegg in new and exciting roles going to take a little bit away from the final product?

Me personally, I would kill to see those two guys in a WWII movie. But the truth is, there’s a lot of talented people out there and when the final product is hand-delivered (or e-mailed or whatever these kids are doing these days), I have to think that QT is going to have a great collection of performances from whomever he settles on. That mad scientist of a director always does.

What do you guys think? Are you disheartened by all the schedule conflicts or confident in the man?