Ohhhh boy. This’ll be good!
Quentin Tarantino has made no secret about his love for the Spaghetti Western films of Sergio Leone and other directors (so-called because they were often made by Italian writers, directors, and actors in Italy or Spain rather than in the United States). Heck, if it wasn’t for the fact that Taratino‘s characters talk so damn much (seriously, Death Proof is practically an audiobook) you’d be hard-pressed to find another genre that has influenced Tarantino as much. Nonetheless, despite his films like Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds having a “western” quality about them, besides his small role in the ultra-fun Japanese film Sukiyaki Western Django (pictured above) Tarantino has never been involved in making a western. But will his next film be a western in the Spaghetti Western tradition that he so often praises? Rumors are suggesting yes… hit more to find out all we know about Tarantino‘s next film!
Though there’s been murmurs about the project on various websites, Ain’t It Cool News seems to have the most reliable information about Tarantino‘s next project. According to the rumors, Tarantino‘s next film — which Deadline reports he has finished writing — will be a Spaghetti Western with Christopher Waltz (who Tarantino directed in Inglourious Basterds in a chilling performance that won an Oscar). The story initially broke, however, when Italian actor Franco Nero (Die Hard 2 and a vet of 1960s Spaghetti Westerns) announced that he would be making a western with Tarantino starring along with Keith Carradine and Treat Williams. Nero revealed the title to be the Leone-ish The Angel, The Bad and The Wise, although the Ain’t It Cool News story flatly denies that title.
Obviously the cast probably isn’t finalized — after all, many of you probably remember that Tarantino insisted that he was writing a major role for Adam Sandler in Inglourious Basterds, which, well, never worked out because Sandler had other commitments. In any event, Tarantino finally tackling a western — after tackling crime, kung fu, and war films in his trademark style — is something to look forward to.
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