Melbourne, Jan 5 : Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, a World War II epic ‘Inglourious Basterds’, starring Brad Pitt, will release in the US on August 21.

The movie, also featuring Mike Myers and Diane Kruger, is about a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as ‘The Basterds’, who spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis, reports the Daily Telegraph.

The Basterds come into contact with a French-Jewish teenage girl who works in a theatre in Paris, where an infatuated German war hero persuades his superiors to screen their latest propaganda film.

The film also features Samuel L Jackson as narrator. Universal Pictures is handling international distribution.

International release dates will be announced shortly.