'Office' star in negotiation for Quentin Tarantino film
NEW YORK -- B.J. Novak could presently be departure from pushing paper to fighting Nazis.
"The Office" star is in talks to play one of the soldiers in "Inglorious Bastards," Quentin Tarantino's long-gestating film about a band of Jewish resisters in Vichy-era France.
Novak is expected to play PFC Utivich, described as a soldier of slight build who comes from New York.
The WMA-repped Novak is best known for his role on the NBC hit series, where he plays other temp Ryan. Novak too has written several episodes of the show and served as co-executive producer.
On the large screen, Novak has had small parts in the Sept. 11 drama "Reign Over Me" and Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up."
Scheduling is less likely to be a problem for Novak than it might be for other television actors; he has had a less regular role on "The Office" since his character was promoted in the twenty-five percent season to run the Dunder Mifflin corporate office in New York.
Casting is being finalized on the Weinstein Co.-Universal "Bastards," which is expected to blast in the fall in Europe and wrap in time for a potential drop Cannes debut in May. Brad Pitt is in talks to play the leader of the lot of fighters.
The Weinstein Co. declined comment.
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