You know, while I was looking forward to Inglourious Basterds, I don't think I expected it to be the film it was.  Nor did I expect to enjoy it as much as I did.  Honestly, in rewatching it on blu-ray, I fully expect it to rank high on my best of '09 list. (Comin' on December 31st!)

And apparently, Tarantino really liked it too.

According to an interview with Vulture, QT has written 40 pages of a prequel to Basterds. He gives no indication as to what direction the film would take, but I have a feeling it’d focus more on the titular basterds, considering they were really only about half of the original film.

Whatever the direction the prequel takes, it won’t be Tarantino’s next film, as he’s working on a “smaller, less epic” film. Which he won’t talk about, yet.

No matter what the film ends up being, I’m pretty sure I’ll be seeing it.

Source:  Exclusive: Quentin Tarantino on the Basterds Prequel, Another Forthcoming Film, and Israeli Versus German Audiences – Vulture.