Quentin Tarantino has trouble keeping his mouth shut at the best of times, but when it comes to an upcoming project, it can feel like his mouth never stops spewing verbal diarrhea. Tarantino announced at Cannes that he would finally start production on his long-gestating World War 2 project Inglorious Bastards. In his typically modest style, Tarantino let it be known that “This is a modern, in-your-face movie. This is not a TV movie period piece." I want it to feel right now. One of the things I have to battle against is 30 years of Nazi-occupation TV movies where we've all seen the big streets and the vintage cars and the Swastikas, and we've just seen that ad nauseum.” How Tarantino suddenly became an expert on WW2 is unclear. I guess it’s possible to learn a great deal from watching Ilsa, She Wolf Of The SS 40 times.

Screenwriter Mike White recently announced that he’s working on a screenplay for School Of Rock 2, stating “with this, you want to have a reason to go to the well again. You want it to not just be a reason so people can cash in. But at least now I have a better sense of what it was we created — what worked and what didn't. I can kind of reboot it." The successful Jack Black comedy just barely managed to work the first time, so a sequel seems like a bit of a stretch. Maybe this time the children will be the ones who actually teach Jack. Wouldn’t that be nauseating—I mean, sweet?

Rapper DMX is having some troubles beyond his irrelevance in contemporary culture. Apparently he owes a doggy clothing company $281K after backing out a promotional campaign, but can’t afford to give them the cash. A judge has ordered him to auction off his Fifth Avenue townhouse to pay off the debt. This news comes shortly after DMX’s arrest in Miami for driving with a suspended license. Sounds like he’s going to need to make another Jet Li movie to earn a quick buck.