In Case You Didn’t Assume It Already, Samuel L. Jackson Joins Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’

You know that an actor and a filmmaker have a close connection when you just assume it’s a fact that the actor will appear in the director’s next project.  In fact, I thought it was already confirmed that Samuel L. Jackson was set to appear as Stephen, the house slave of Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Calvin Candle in Quentin Tarantino‘s next film, the Spaghetti Western tribute Django Unchained.  But it wasn’t until yesterday that Variety actually confirmed it. How about that.

Also in the film are Jamie Foxx as the title character. Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) as Django’s mentor, and the heavily-rumored Kevin Costner as the slaver Ace Woody.  The film is expected to shoot next year, so we’ll probably see more casting announcements shortly.