First Look: Brad Pitt is a basterd!

The first poster is out.

Brad Pitt [ Images ] leads the interesting ensemble cast of Quentin Tarantino's [ Images ] upcoming war epic Inglourious Basterds set in Nazi Germany [ Images ] during World War II, and he's the first Basterd to get a poster out.

The curiously spelt film promises to be quite a bloodbath -- as can be evidenced from the trailer -- and Pitt plays Lieutenant Aldo Raine.

The huge neck scar is just a sign of things to come. Inglourious Basterds, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, premieres in Cannes [ Images ] this month and releases worldwide on August 21.