HEy, How’s that project going? Quentin Tarantino is wandering the globe, beseeching studios and stars (Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio) to join his much-delayed WWII epic Inglorious Bastards. Tarantino first started working on the movie in 1997, but it’s hardly the longest-simmering

artwork out there. What other much-awaited projects are nearing completion in the 9/26/2006 worlds of rock, opera, theater, and visual art? And what might become of them? lane brown and dan kois

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1994 1996 2000 2004 2008 2014 Guns N’ Roses start With spotty progress, Axl Rose hires Production-related Finished-sounding During mastering, Axl work on the follow- tensions flare. Slash Buckethead, a costs exceed versions of nine notices a high hat is too up to their 1993 quits the band. Matt guitarist who prefers $13 million. Axl fires Democracy tracks loud on one song. album, The Spaghetti Sorum and Duff recording inside a Buckethead, takes leak to the Internet. He starts over, rehires Incident? McKagen follow. chicken coop. down the coop. Could a CD be next? Buckethead.

Chinese Demo c r a c y 1977 1983 1994 1996 1999 2007 2010 2014 James Turrell buys an Funding collapses. A foundation and Turrell’s wife Major Art nuts hike into In economic Six Flags extinct volcanic crater Turrell becomes a an Italian count resigns as head construction the crater, downturn, funding Crateriffic in Arizona. His land art rancher on the land pledge half a of the crater’s finally begins posting photos dries up once again, Volcano is scheduled to open in by the crater, going million dollars to fund-raising on Roden online. New and Roden Crater is Adventure opens the early eighties. deep into debt. fund the project. foundation. Crater. opening: 2011. sold to Six Flags. outside Flagstaff.

r o D e n C r a T e r 1996 1999 2002 2003 2008 2009 2011 Stephen A reading of Wise Guys Sondheim settles a Retitled Bounce, it Notices appear Delayed again A frustrated Sondheim begins at New York Theater legal dispute with bows in Chicago; a for this fall’s when a half- Sondheim turns a musical about Workshop is a failure; Scott Rudin over his Broadway transfer is John Doyle– dozen ex- to Disney’s turn-of-the- the retooled show is investment in the scuttled by producer directed run at producers and Lilo & Stitch: century grifters. now called Gold! show. Roger Berlind. the Public. ex-directors sue. The Musical.

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1997 2003 2005 2008 2009 Tarantino starts Perhaps sensing no Tarantino declares At Cannes, he says Hat in hand, Tarantino writing his long- role for Uma that Bastards will be he hopes to screen promises a Cannes rumored, Dirty Thurman, Tarantino his next movie and the film at next audience that Dozen–inspired ditches the project says he’s cast year’s festival, and Bastards will premiere WWII movie. for Kill Bill. Michael Madsen. asks Brad Pitt to star. next year, with Uma. i n GL o r i o U S B a s T a r D S

1983 1992 2002 2005 2008 2009 Olivier Messiaen Messiaen dies. The U.S. premiere in Facing a Gerard Mortier Opening night is completes his only Peter Sellars San Francisco is a $7.7 million says one of his first ruined when repo opera, about Francis of stages the opera success, but the five- deficit, the San shows at New York men spirit away Assisi. Paris loves it. New in Salzburg. But hour opera dents the Francisco Opera’s City Opera will be both costumes York awaits its turn. still no Met date. company’s coffers. director resigns. Saint-François. and sets.

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