Quentin Tarantino’s WWII project Inglorious Bastards has finally found the star Brad Pitt is in negotiations to play Lieut. Aldo Raine. I did mention it here a couple of weeks ago that Pitt was Tarantino’s ideal actor for the Lieutenant. (A source says rumors that Tarantino is also courting Leonardo DiCaprio for the role of Col. Hans Landa are false.) After three weeks of very public negotiations — and after everyone with a Hollywood zip code has seemingly seen a copy of the script — sources say the movie will land at Universal Pictures.

Entertainment Weeky reported the deal making has been handed off to the studio’s lawyers, and while nothing is set in stone, it appears that the studio will partner with Tarantino and producer/domestic distributor Harvey Weinstein to co-finance the film and handle international distribution.