Tarantino, Pitt in Cannes for Nazi-slaying caper

Director Quentin Tarantino rolls a Western, gangster flick and wartime caper into one in "Inglourious Basterds," his new film starring Brad Pitt as the leader of a ruthless gang of Nazi-slayers. So fearsome is the band of Jewish-American "bastards" that Adolf Hitler himself comes to hear of them, and the predictably violent and action-packed narrative weaves real life figures into a riotous plot that re-writes history.

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Dreamworks Plans

DreamWorks has acquired the rights to the life story of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and plans to make a film about him, Variety reported. The film will be produced by Steven Spielberg, a founder of the DreamWorks studio, as well as Suzanne de Passe (a producer of “Lonesome Dove” and “The Jacksons: An American Dream”) and Madison Jones (the animated program “Our Friend, Martin”

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3-D movie projects get a push at Cannes

Reporting from Cannes, France -- The Cannes Film Festival has no shortage of big-budget 3-D spectacles: It opened with Pixar's 3-D animated film "Up," and Disney on Monday showed footage from its upcoming 3-D holiday movie "A Christmas Carol," while fake snow decorated the landmark Carlton Hotel in the 80-degree Cannes weather.

But the immersive technology also is attracting a growing crowd of independent filmmakers, some of whom are making -- and trying to sell -- 3-D movies on a fraction of Pixar's and Disney's budgets. They are convinced that the stereoscopic effect can help separate their films in a cluttered marketplace and drive moviegoers into theaters.

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